Neritona juttingae
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| Apertural view of a shell of Neritona juttingae. 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: | Neritona |
| Species: | N. juttingae
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| Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973)[1]
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Neritona juttingae is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
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Abapertural view of a shell of Neritina juttingae. Scale bar is 10 mm. There are remains of egg capsules of a neritid on the shell. -
Neritina juttingae shells and operculum.
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Distribution
The holotype was found in the River Musi near Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[3]
References
- ^ a b Mienis H. K. (1973). "Notes on recent and fossil Neritidae 3. Neritina juttingae, new name for Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Basteria 37: 1–2.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329625 on 2021-09-26
- ^ 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
- Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366
External links
- Mienis H. (1973). Notes on recent and fossil Neritidae. 3. Neritina juttingae, new name for Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Basteria. 37: 39-40
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021–3910
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