''Clithon'' is a genus of

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Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Clithon'' includes the Comoro Islands (3 species), Madagascar (3 or more species) and the

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Description

Some species, such as '' Clithon coronatum'' have spines on its shell.

Species

Species in the genus ''Clithon'' include: * ''Clithon angulosum'' (Récluz, 1843)Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon Montfort, 1810. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2017-11-29 * ''Clithon aspersum'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) * † ''Clithon avellana'' (Récluz, 1842) * ''Clithon barbei'' Symonds & Pacaud, 2010 † * † ''Clithon bezieri'' (Dalimier, 1918) * ''Clithon bicolor'' (Récluz, 1843) * † ''Clithon bouryi'' (Cossmann, 1888) * † ''Clithon bristowi'' (Wenz, 1929) * ''Clithon castanea'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) * ''Clithon celatum'' (Récluz, 1846) * ''Clithon chlorostoma'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) * ''Clithon circumvolutum'' (Récluz, 1843) * † ''Clithon coeuvrense'' Vrinat, 2019 * † ''Clithon concavum'' (J. Sowerby, 1823) * ''Clithon corona'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Clithon coronatum'' (Leach, 1815) * † ''Clithon cranmorense'' Symonds, 2006 * ''Clithon cryptum'' Eichhorst, 2016 * ''Clithon cuvieriana'' * ''Clithon diadema'' (Récluz, 1841) * ''Clithon dispar'' (Pease, 1868) * ''Clithon dominguense'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Clithon donovani'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon dringii'' (Récluz, 1846) * ''Clithon elegans'' (Deshayes, 1824) † * ''Clithon eudeli'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1917) * ''Clithon faba'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 * ''Clithon flavovirens'' (von dem Busch, 1843) * ''Clithon francoisi'' (Mabille, 1895) * ''Clithon fuliginosum'' (von dem Busch, 1843) * † ''Clithon hillae'' ' Symonds, 2015 † * † ''Clithon inequidentatum'' (Récluz, 1850) * ''Clithon leachii'' (Récluz, 1841) * ''Clithon lentiginosum'' (Reeve, 1855) * ''Clithon luctuosum'' (Récluz, 1841) * ''Clithon madecassinum'' (Morelet, 1860) * ''Clithon mertonianum'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon michaudi'' (Récluz, 1841) * † ''Clithon mortoni'' Symonds, 2015 * ''Clithon nigrispinis'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Clithon nouletianus'' (Gassies, 1863) * ''Clithon nucleolus'' (Morelet, 1857) * †''Clithon nucleus'' (Deshayes, 1832) * † ''Clithon occultatum'' Vrinat, 2019 * ''Clithon olivaceum'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon oualaniense'' (Lesson, 1831) * ''Clithon parvulum'' (Le Guillou, 1841) * † ''Clithon passyanum'' (Deshayes, 1864) * ''Clithon peguense'' (Blanford, 1867) * † ''Clithon pisiforme'' (Férussac, 1823) * † ''Clithon planulatum'' (F. E. Edwards in Lowry, 1866) * † ''Clithon pococki'' Symonds, 2015 * ''Clithon pritchardi'' (Dohrn, 1861) * ''Clithon pulchellum'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon rarispina'' (Mousson, 1849) * ''Clithon recluzianum'' (Le Guillou, 1841) * ''Clithon reticulare'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) * ''Clithon retropictum'' (von Martens, 1879) * ''Clithon rugatum'' (Récluz, 1842) * ''Clithon ruginosum'' (Récluz, 1841) * † ''Clithon saincenyense'' (Deshayes, 1864) * † ''Clithon sobrinum'' (A. Férussac, 1823) * ''Clithon souleyetanum'' (Récluz, 1842) * ''Clithon sowerbianum'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon spiniferum'' (Récluz, 1842) * ''Clithon spinosum'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) - synonyms: ''Clithon spinosus'', ''Clithon spinosa'' * ''Clithon squarrosum'' (Récluz, 1843) * † ''Clithon stintoni'' Symonds, 2009 * ''Clithon subgranosum'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) * ''Clithon subpunctatum'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon teres'' Eichhorst, 2016 * ''Clithon thermophilum'' (Martens, 1878) * † ''Clithon tigrinum'' Vrinat, 2019 † * † ''Clithon transbaicalicus'' Popova, 1981 * ''Clithon triseriale'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Clithon tritonense'' (Le Guillou, 1841) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Clithon undatus'' Lesson, 1831 GBiF: Clithon undatus
/ref> * ''Clithon wallacei'' (Dohrn, 1861) * † ''Clithon waltoni'' (Symonds, 2002) * † ''Clithon zonarium'' (Deshayes, 1832) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Clithon exclamationis'' (Mabille, 1895): synonym of ''Clithon bicolor'' (Récluz, 1843) * ''Clithon glabratum'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849): synonym of ''Vitta glabrata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) * ''Clithon longispina'' (Récluz, 1841): synonym of '' Clithon coronatum'' (Leach, 1815) (junior synonym)

Ecology

It lives in rapid streams.

References

* Le Guillou, E., 1841. Description de quatorze Nerites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4: 343-347 * Mabille, J., 1895. Mollusques des Nouvelles-Hébrides recueillis par M. le Docteur François. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun 8: 393-411 * Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp

External links

Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16] Neritidae Gastropod genera {{Neritidae-stub