Clithon diadema

Clithon diadema is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Clithon diadema
Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Abapertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Clithon diadema
(Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841
  • Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination)
  • Nerita michaudi Récluz, 1841
  • Nerita (Clithon) donovani Récluz, 1843
  • Neritella penicillata Gould, 1859
  • Neritina bifasciata Schepman, 1918
  • Neritina cyanostoma Morelet, 1853
  • Neritina donovana G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
  • Neritina horrida Mabille, 1895
  • Neritina mutica G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
  • Neritina pazi Gassies, 1858
  • Neritina subocellata Schepman, 1885

Description
Clithon diadema shell.
Clithon diadema shell.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]

References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737508 on 2017-11-29
  2. 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
  • Hiroaki Fukumori, Evolutionary history, species diversity and biogeography of amphidromous neritid gastropods in the Indo-West Pacific


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