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Neripteron auriculatum
Neripteron auriculatum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. auriculatum
Binomial name
Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
Neripteron (Neripteron) auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)· accepted, alternate representation Neripteron schneideri Riech, 1935 Nerita dubia Turton, 1932 Nerita subalata Souleyet, 1842 Nerita tomlini Turton, 1933 Neritina (Neripteron) auriculata Lamarck, 1816 Neritina alata Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 Neritina auriculata Lamarck, 1816 (original combination) Neritina deshayesii Pease, 1868 Neritina inaurita Mörch, 1872 Neritina layardi Reeve, 1855 Neritina marmorata Brazier, 1877

Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.

Distribution

India

Description

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.

References

1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873815 on 2017-12-07
2. 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

• Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp

External links

• Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23
• Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379
• Souleyet (L.F.A.). (1842). Description de cinq nouvelles espèces de nérites fluviales provenant du voyage de la Bonite. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne. (1842): 269-270
• Reeve, L. A. (1855-1856). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

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