Clithon diadema

Clithon diadema
	Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
	Abapertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon
Species:	C. diadema
Binomial name
	Clithon diadema; (Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms
	Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841; Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination); Nerita michaudi Récluz, 1841; Nerita (Clithon) donovani Récluz, 1843; Neritella penicillata Gould, 1859; Neritina bifasciata Schepman, 1918; Neritina cyanostoma Morelet, 1853; Neritina donovana G.B. Sowerby II, 1849; Neritina horrida Mabille, 1895; Neritina mutica G.B. Sowerby II, 1849; Neritina pazi Gassies, 1858; Neritina subocellata Schepman, 1885;

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

Description

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[2]

^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737508 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

Hiroaki Fukumori, Evolutionary history, species diversity and biogeography of amphidromous neritid gastropods in the Indo-West Pacific