Neritina oweniana
Neritina oweniana is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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Subfamily: | Neritininae |
Tribe: | Neritinini |
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Species: | N. oweniana |
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Neritina oweniana (Wood, 1828) | |
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Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828 |
Distribution
This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.
Habitat
This small nerite lives in rivers.
References
- Curtis, B.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina oweniana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T40087A10302858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T40087A10302858.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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