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Neripteron vespertinum

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Species of snail

Neripteron vespertinum
Scientific classification Edit this 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  • Neritina (Neripteron) vespertina G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 superseded combination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 (misspelling)
  • Theodoxus vespertinus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)

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

Description

Its shell is flattened, generally thin, covered in a thick epidermis, and has a smooth interior and exterior. The shell has an apparent olive green color that slickly grades into a dark black or a light brown color. The width of the shell can go up to 1 inch, with wing resembling projections that start from the apex.

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Hawai'i and is traditionally found on all the Hawaiian Islands. This mollusk is almost always found in freshwater, specifically the slightly briny bottommost untouched small streams near big rocks. They are also found in estuaries, on firm surfaces such as rocks, boulders, and bridge supports.

Conservation status

The conservation status for the N. vespertinum is currently critically imperiled. Possible or ongoing threats to this mollusk include stream channelization and burial, pollution, water diversions; which have strained the distribution and abundance of these mollusks. Even more so, runoff or extensive flooding-resulting in high sedimentation turbidity, nutrients, trash and other pollutants emptying into streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans also pose a crucial threat.

References

  1. Mouthon, J. (1981). "Typologie des Mollusques des eaux courantes. Organisation biotypologique et groupements socioécologiques". Annales de Limnologie (in French). 17 (2): 143–162. doi:10.1051/limn/1981018. ISSN 0003-4088.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neripteron vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B. (1855). Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells. Vol. v.2 (1855). London: Sowerby.
  4. ^ "Native Animals". Division of Aquatic Resources. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  6. "Wi, Neripteron vespertinum". www.keokistender.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  7. Fitzsimmons, J. M.; Parham, J. E.; Benson, L. K.; McRae, M. G.; Nishimoto, R. T. (April 2005). "Biological assessment of Kahana Stream, Island of O'ahu, Hawai'i: An application of PABITRA survey methods". Pacific Science. 59 (2): 273–281. ISSN 0030-8870.

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Taxon identifiers
Neripteron vespertinum
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