Clithon faba

Clithon faba
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon
Species:	C. faba
Binomial name
Clithon faba Sowerby I, 1836
Synonyms
Clithon (Clithon) faba (G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) (new combination) Nerita interrupta Récluz, 1843 Neritina faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 (original combination) Neritina faba var. fasciata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina faba var. sagittata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina faba var. strigosa E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina fasciata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina interrupta G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (probable synonym) Neritina sagittata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina strigosa Martens, 1878 Neritina troscheli Récluz, 1850 (a junior synonym)

Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines, Singapore and in Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū,[3] Vietnam.[4]

Clithon faba shell.

References

1. Köhler F. (2011). Clithon faba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189416A8728700. Downloaded on 07 April 2016.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon faba (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737540 on 2021-09-23
3. (in Japanese) "カノコガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.
4. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

• Chin, I. M. (2003). Variation in Monodonta labio among different intertidal habitats in Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London,
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls
• Récluz, C. A. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Nerites, collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1842) 10: 168-176.
• Sowerby, G. B., II. (1849). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (10): 507-546, pls. 109–116. London
• Récluz, C. A. (1850). Description de Néritines nouvelles citées dans le Catalogue. Journal de Conchyliologie. 1: 154-164

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