Neritina cristata

Neritina cristata is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neritina cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritininae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Neritina
Species:
N. cristata
Binomial name
Neritina cristata
Morelet, 1864

Distribution

This species of nerite is found in Africa: in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Sierra Leone.

References
  1. Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina cristata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T14627A4450756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T14627A4450756.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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