Clithon mertonianum is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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| Apertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
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| Abapertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Clithon |
| Species: | C. mertonianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerita mertoniana Récluz, 1843 | |
Human use
editIt is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873247 on 2017-11-30
- ^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
External links
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