Biology:Neritina oweniana

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Neritina oweniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Neritininae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Species:
N. oweniana
Binomial name
Neritina oweniana
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828

Neritina oweniana is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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

  1. Curtis, B.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina oweniana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2010: e.T40087A10302858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T40087A10302858.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/40087/0. Retrieved 15 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5235640 entry