Neripteron auriculatum

Neripteron auriculatum
	Neripteron auriculatum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. auriculatum
Binomial name
	Neripteron auriculatum; (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
	Neripteron (Neripteron) auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)· accepted, alternate representation; Neripteron schneideri Riech, 1935; Nerita dubia Turton, 1932; Nerita subalata Souleyet, 1842; Nerita tomlini Turton, 1933; Neritina (Neripteron) auriculata Lamarck, 1816; Neritina alata Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829; Neritina auriculata Lamarck, 1816 (original combination); Neritina deshayesii Pease, 1868; Neritina inaurita Mörch, 1872; Neritina layardi Reeve, 1855; Neritina marmorata Brazier, 1877;

Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.^[1]

Distribution

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

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873815 on 2017-12-07
^ 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

Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi 331 pp., 70 pls
Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp

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