Neripteron violaceum

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]

Neripteron violaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Neripteron
Species:
N. violaceum
Binomial name
Neripteron violaceum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822)
Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Neritina (Dostia) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791)
Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina depressa Benson, 1836
Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850
Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830
Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875
Neritina plumata Menke, 1830
Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874
Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842
Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)

Description
Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.
Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Distribution

India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[3]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2017-11-10
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2021-09-22
  3. 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
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