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Genus of gastropods
Clithon is a
genus of
freshwater snails
[2] or
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 have spines on its
shell .
[2]
Species
Clithon diadema shell
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] synonym of
Vitta glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Clithon longispina (Récluz, 1841) :
[2] synonym of
Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815) (junior synonym)
Ecology
It lives in rapid streams.
[2]
References
^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2 : 326.
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^ 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".
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^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
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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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