Clithon
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
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|image_caption = Clithon retropictum
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|taxon = Clithon
|authority = Montfort, 1810Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 326.
|synonyms =
- Clithon (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
- Clithon (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936
- Corona Récluz, 1850 (objective synonym)
- Nerita (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
- Neritina (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
- Pictoneritina Iredale, 1936*
- Theodoxus (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936 (new combination)
|type_species = Nerita corona
|type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
}}
Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clithon Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2020-08-21
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species), Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.
Description
Some species, such as Clithon coronatum have spines on its shell.
Species
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Species in the genus Clithon include:
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- Clithon angulosum (Récluz, 1843)Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon Montfort, 1810. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2017-11-29
- 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 cuvieriana{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
- 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)Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon lentiginosum. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873242 on 2017-11-29
- 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) Gassies (1863) Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Part 1. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. 24: 104–105 (Pl.8, Fig.5)
- 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)MolluscaBase (2018). Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873608 on 2018-09-26
- 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 spinosaMyers M. J., Meyer C. P. & Resh V. H. (2000). "Neritid and thiarid gastropods from French Polynesian streams: how reproduction (sexual, parthenogenetic) and dispersal (active, passive) affect population structure". Freshwater Biology 44: 535–545. {{doi|10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x}}.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737522 on 2016-09-06
- 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 [https://www.gbif.org/species/9458209 GBiF: Clithon undatus]
- Clithon wallacei (Dohrn, 1861)
- † Clithon waltoni (Symonds, 2002)
- † Clithon zonarium (Deshayes, 1832)
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;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
References
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- 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
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16]
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