Clithon mertonianum

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Clithon mertonianum shell.png

| image_caption = Apertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.

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| image2_caption = Abapertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.

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| genus = Clithon

| species = mertonianum

| authority = (Récluz, 1843)

| synonyms_ref = Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873247 on 2017-11-30

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Nerita mertoniana Récluz, 1843

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Clithon mertonianum is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.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|doi-access=free}}

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