| Clithon lentiginosum | |
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| Apertural view of Clithon lentiginosum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
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| Abapertural view of Clithon lentiginosum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Clithon |
| Species: | C. lentiginosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neritina lentiginosa Reeve, 1855 | |
Clithon lentiginosum 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.
References
- 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
- 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
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| Clithon lentiginosum | |
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