Biology:Neripteron vespertinum

Short description: Species of snail

Neripteron vespertinum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. vespertinum
Binomial name
Neripteron vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Synonyms
Neripteron (Neripteron) vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) · alternate representation Neritina (Neripteron) vespertina G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 superseded combination Neritina vespertina G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (original combination) Neritina vespitina [sic] (misspelling) Theodoxus vespertinus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)

Neripteron vespertinum is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawaiʻi

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (10): 507-546, pls. 109–116. London, privately published.
• Christensen, C. C.; Hayes, K. A.; Yeung, N. W. (2021). Taxonomy, conservation, and the future of native aquatic snails in the Hawaiian Islands. Diversity. 13(5): 215: 1-12

Wikidata ☰ Q113883297 entry