''Neritona'' is a
genus of small aquatic
snails with an
operculum,
marine
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,
brackish water, and sometimes
freshwater
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Neritidae, the nerites.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona Martens, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992444 on 2021-09-26]
Species
Species in the genus ''Neritona'' include:
* ''
Neritona granosa''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''
Neritona juttingae
''Neritona juttingae'', also known as the King Koopa Nerite Snail, is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973). Accessed ...
''
(Mienis, 1973)
* ''
Neritona labiosa''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
* ''
Neritona macgillivrayi''
(Reeve, 1855)
* ''
Neritona melanesica''
Riech, 1935
* ''
Neritona planissima''
(Mousson, 1869)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Neritona latissima''
(Broderip, 1833): synonym of ''
Clypeolum latissimum''
(Broderip, 1833)
* † ''Neritona martensi''
Brusina, 1884: synonym of † ''
Theodoxus martensi''
(Brusina, 1884)
References
External links
Martens, E. von. (1869). [Über die Deckel der Schneckengattungen Neritina, Nerita, und Navicella Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freude zu Berlin. 1869: 21-23]
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219Benson, W. H. (1856). Descriptions of three new species of Paludomus from Burmah, and of some forms of Stenothyra (Nematura) from Penang, Mergui, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2. 17(102): 494-504Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.
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Neritidae
Gastropod genera