Clypeolum owenianum
Clypeolum owenianum is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]
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| Subfamily: | Neritininae |
| Tribe: | Neritinini |
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| Species: | C. oweniana |
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| Clypeolum owenianum (Wood, 1828) | |
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Distribution
This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.
Habitat
This small nerite lives in rivers.
References
- Van Damme, D. (2020). "Clypeolum owenianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158567718A151143287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T158567718A151143287.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clypeolum owenianum (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873784 on 2021-09-26
- Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
External links
- Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1 + 59 pp., plates 1-8]
- Binder E. (1955). Mollusques nouveaux de Côte d'Ivoire. Prosobranches d'eau douce. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 62:73–82.
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