Wikipedia / Clithon
Wikipedia / Clithon
Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species), Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.
Description
Some species, such as Clithon coronatum have spines on its shell.
Species
Species in the genus Clithon include:
Clithon angulosum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon aspersum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
† Clithon avellana (Récluz, 1842)
Clithon barbei Symonds & Pacaud, 2010 †
† Clithon bezieri (Dalimier, 1918)
Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)
† Clithon bouryi (Cossmann, 1888)
† Clithon bristowi (Wenz, 1929)
Clithon castanea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
Clithon celatum (Récluz, 1846)
Clithon chlorostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Clithon circumvolutum (Récluz, 1843)
† Clithon coeuvrense Vrinat, 2019
† Clithon concavum (J. Sowerby, 1823)
Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815)
† Clithon cranmorense Symonds, 2006
Clithon cryptum Eichhorst, 2016
Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841)
Clithon dispar (Pease, 1868)
Clithon dominguense (Lamarck, 1822)
Clithon donovani (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon dringii (Récluz, 1846)
Clithon elegans (Deshayes, 1824) †
Clithon eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1917)
Clithon faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836
Clithon flavovirens (von dem Busch, 1843)
Clithon francoisi (Mabille, 1895)
Clithon fuliginosum (von dem Busch, 1843)
† Clithon hillae ' Symonds, 2015 †
† Clithon inequidentatum (Récluz, 1850)
Clithon leachii (Récluz, 1841)
Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855)
Clithon luctuosum (Récluz, 1841)
Clithon madecassinum (Morelet, 1860)
Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon michaudi (Récluz, 1841)
† Clithon mortoni Symonds, 2015
Clithon nigrispinis Lesson, 1831
Clithon nouletianus (Gassies, 1863)
Clithon nucleolus (Morelet, 1857)
†Clithon nucleus (Deshayes, 1832)
† Clithon occultatum Vrinat, 2019
Clithon olivaceum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon oualaniense (Lesson, 1831)
Clithon parvulum (Le Guillou, 1841)
† Clithon passyanum (Deshayes, 1864)
Clithon peguense (Blanford, 1867)
† Clithon pisiforme (Férussac, 1823)
† Clithon planulatum (F. E. Edwards in Lowry, 1866)
† Clithon pococki Symonds, 2015
Clithon pritchardi (Dohrn, 1861)
Clithon pulchellum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon rarispina (Mousson, 1849)
Clithon recluzianum (Le Guillou, 1841)
Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
Clithon retropictum (von Martens, 1879)
Clithon rugatum (Récluz, 1842)
Clithon ruginosum (Récluz, 1841)
† Clithon saincenyense (Deshayes, 1864)
† Clithon sobrinum (A. Férussac, 1823)
Clithon souleyetanum (Récluz, 1842)
Clithon sowerbianum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon spiniferum (Récluz, 1842)
Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) - synonyms: Clithon spinosus, Clithon spinosa
Clithon squarrosum (Récluz, 1843)
† Clithon stintoni Symonds, 2009
Clithon subgranosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
Clithon subpunctatum (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon teres Eichhorst, 2016
Clithon thermophilum (Martens, 1878)
† Clithon tigrinum Vrinat, 2019 †
† Clithon transbaicalicus Popova, 1981
Clithon triseriale (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) (taxon inquirendum)
Clithon tritonense (Le Guillou, 1841) (taxon inquirendum)
Clithon undatus Lesson, 1831
Clithon wallacei (Dohrn, 1861)
† Clithon waltoni (Symonds, 2002)
† Clithon zonarium (Deshayes, 1832)
Species brought into synonymy:
Clithon exclamationis (Mabille, 1895): synonym of Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)
Clithon glabratum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849): synonym of Vitta glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Clithon longispina (Récluz, 1841): synonym of Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815) (junior synonym)
Ecology
It lives in rapid streams.
References
Le Guillou, E., 1841. Description de quatorze Nerites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4: 343-347
Mabille, J., 1895. Mollusques des Nouvelles-Hébrides recueillis par M. le Docteur François. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun 8: 393-411
Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
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