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Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin 1791)

Neripteron violaceum

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Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.
Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Distribution

India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2017-11-10
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2021-09-22
  3. ^ 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

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Neripteron violaceum: Brief Summary

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

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Distribution

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India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan

Reference

Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xxiii,1-289.

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