Biology:Neritona juttingae

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Neritona juttingae
Neritina juttingae shell.png
Apertural view of a shell of Neritona juttingae. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
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Neritininae
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Neritinini
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N. juttingae
Binomial name
Neritona juttingae
(Mienis, 1973)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791 (unavailable: a junior homonym of Nerita aculeata O.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774
  • Neritina juttingae Mienis, 1973

Neritona juttingae, also known as the King Koopa Nerite Snail, is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [2]

Description

Distribution

The holotype was found in the River Musi near Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Human use

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mienis H. K. (1973). "Notes on recent and fossil Neritidae 3. Neritina juttingae, new name for Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Basteria 37: 1–2.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329625 on 2021-09-26
  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
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696-1366

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