Clypeolum owenianum

Clypeolum owenianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clypeolum
Species:
C. owenianum
Binomial name
Clypeolum owenianum
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828
  • Neritina oweniana (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Neritina tiassalensis E. Binder, 1956

Clypeolum owenianum is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.

Habitat

This small nerite lives in rivers.

References

  1. ^ Van Damme, D. (2020). "Clypeolum owenianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158567718A151143287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T158567718A151143287.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clypeolum owenianum (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873784 on 2021-09-26
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp


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