Genus of gastropods
Clithon genus of freshwater snails [ 2] brackish snails that have an operculum , aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae , the nerites.[ 3]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species),[ 2] Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands .[ 2]
Description
Some species, such as Clithon coronatum shell .[ 2]
Species
Clithon diadema Species in the genus Clithon include:
Clithon angulosum (Récluz, 1843) [ 4] Clithon aspersum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) [ 4] † Clithon avellana (Récluz, 1842) [ 4]
Clithon barbei Symonds & Pacaud, 2010 †† Clithon bezieri (Dalimier, 1918)
Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843) [ 4] † Clithon bouryi (Cossmann, 1888)
† Clithon bristowi (Wenz, 1929) [ 4]
Clithon castanea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) [ 4] Clithon celatum (Récluz, 1846) [ 4] Clithon chlorostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) [ 4] Clithon circumvolutum (Récluz, 1843) [ 4] † Clithon coeuvrense Vrinat, 2019
† Clithon concavum (J. Sowerby, 1823)
Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758) [ 4] Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815) [ 4] † Clithon cranmorense Symonds, 2006
Clithon cryptum Eichhorst, 2016 [ 4] Clithon cuvieriana [citation needed Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841) [ 4] Clithon dispar (Pease, 1868) [ 4] Clithon dominguense (Lamarck, 1822) [ 4] Clithon donovani (Récluz, 1843) [ 4] Clithon dringii (Récluz, 1846) [ 4] Clithon elegans (Deshayes, 1824) †Clithon eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1917) [ 4] Clithon faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 [ 4] Clithon flavovirens (von dem Busch, 1843) [ 4] Clithon francoisi (Mabille, 1895) [ 4] Clithon fuliginosum (von dem Busch, 1843) [ 4] † Clithon hillae ' Symonds, 2015 †
† Clithon inequidentatum (Récluz, 1850)
Clithon leachii (Récluz, 1841) Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855) [ 5] Clithon luctuosum (Récluz, 1841) Clithon madecassinum (Morelet, 1860) Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843) [ 4] Clithon michaudi (Récluz, 1841) † Clithon mortoni Symonds, 2015
Clithon nigrispinis Lesson, 1831 Clithon nouletianus (Gassies, 1863) [ 6] Clithon nucleolus (Morelet, 1857) †Clithon nucleus (Deshayes, 1832)
† Clithon occultatum Vrinat, 2019
Clithon olivaceum (Récluz, 1843) Clithon oualaniense (Lesson, 1831) Clithon parvulum (Le Guillou, 1841) † Clithon passyanum (Deshayes, 1864)
Clithon peguense (Blanford, 1867) † Clithon pisiforme (Férussac, 1823)
† Clithon planulatum (F. E. Edwards in Lowry, 1866)
† Clithon pococki Symonds, 2015
Clithon pritchardi (Dohrn, 1861) Clithon pulchellum (Récluz, 1843) Clithon rarispina (Mousson, 1849) Clithon recluzianum (Le Guillou, 1841) Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) [ 7] Clithon retropictum (von Martens, 1879) Clithon rugatum (Récluz, 1842) Clithon ruginosum (Récluz, 1841) † Clithon saincenyense (Deshayes, 1864)
† Clithon sobrinum (A. Férussac, 1823)
Clithon souleyetanum (Récluz, 1842) Clithon sowerbianum (Récluz, 1843) Clithon spiniferum (Récluz, 1842) Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) - synonyms: Clithon spinosus , Clithon spinosa [ 8] [ 9] Clithon squarrosum (Récluz, 1843) † Clithon stintoni Symonds, 2009
Clithon subgranosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) Clithon subpunctatum (Récluz, 1843) Clithon teres Eichhorst, 2016 Clithon thermophilum (Martens, 1878) † Clithon tigrinum Vrinat, 2019 †
† Clithon transbaicalicus Popova, 1981
Clithon triseriale (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836) (taxon inquirendum)Clithon tritonense (Le Guillou, 1841) (taxon inquirendum)Clithon undatus Lesson, 1831 [ 10] Clithon wallacei (Dohrn, 1861) † Clithon waltoni (Symonds, 2002)
† Clithon zonarium (Deshayes, 1832)
Species brought into synonymy
Clithon exclamationis (Mabille, 1895) : synonym of Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843) Clithon glabratum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849) :[ 4] Vitta glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Clithon longispina (Récluz, 1841) :[ 2] Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815) (junior synonym)
Ecology
It lives in rapid streams.[ 2]
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon Montfort, 1810. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2017-11-29
^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon lentiginosum . In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873242 on 2017-11-29
^ Gassies (1863) Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Part 1. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. 24: 104–105 (Pl.8, Fig.5)
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873608 on 2018-09-26
^ Myers M. J., Meyer C. P. & Resh V. H. (2000). "Neritid and thiarid gastropods from French Polynesian streams: how reproduction (sexual, parthenogenetic) and dispersal (active, passive) affect population structure". Freshwater Biology 44 : 535–545. doi :10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x .
^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737522 on 2016-09-06
^ GBiF: Clithon undatus
Le Guillou, E., 1841. Description de quatorze Nerites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4: 343-347
Mabille, J., 1895. Mollusques des Nouvelles-Hébrides recueillis par M. le Docteur François. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun 8: 393-411
Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
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