Clithon

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Clithon retropictus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan,2007).jpg

|image_caption = Clithon retropictum

|display_parents = 3

|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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;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

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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