Clithon Explained
Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species), Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.[2]
Description
Some species, such as Clithon coronatum have spines on its shell.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Clithon include:
- Clithon angulosum (Récluz, 1843)[3]
- Clithon aspersum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)[3]
- † Clithon avellana (Récluz, 1842)[3]
- Clithon barbei Symonds & Pacaud, 2010 †
- † Clithon bezieri (Dalimier, 1918)
- Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)[3]
- † Clithon bouryi (Cossmann, 1888)
- † Clithon bristowi (Wenz, 1929)[3]
- Clithon castanea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)[3]
- Clithon celatum (Récluz, 1846)[3]
- Clithon chlorostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)[3]
- Clithon circumvolutum (Récluz, 1843)[3]
- † Clithon coeuvrense Vrinat, 2019
- † Clithon concavum (J. Sowerby, 1823)
- Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815)[3]
- † Clithon cranmorense Symonds, 2006
- Clithon cryptum Eichhorst, 2016[3]
- Clithon cuvieriana
- Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841)[3]
- Clithon dispar (Pease, 1868)[3]
- Clithon dominguense (Lamarck, 1822)[3]
- Clithon donovani (Récluz, 1843)[3]
- Clithon dringii (Récluz, 1846)[3]
- Clithon elegans (Deshayes, 1824) †
- Clithon eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1917)[3]
- Clithon faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836[3]
- Clithon flavovirens (von dem Busch, 1843)[3]
- Clithon francoisi (Mabille, 1895)[3]
- Clithon fuliginosum (von dem Busch, 1843)[3]
- † Clithon hillae ' Symonds, 2015 †
- † Clithon inequidentatum (Récluz, 1850)
- Clithon leachii (Récluz, 1841)
- Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855)[4]
- Clithon luctuosum (Récluz, 1841)
- Clithon madecassinum (Morelet, 1860)
- Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843)[3]
- Clithon michaudi (Récluz, 1841)
- † Clithon mortoni Symonds, 2015
- Clithon nigrispinis Lesson, 1831
- Clithon nouletianus (Gassies, 1863) [5]
- 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)[6]
- 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[7] [8]
- 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 [9]
- 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):[3] 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
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clithon Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2020-08-21
- Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .
- 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. .
- 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
- https://www.gbif.org/species/9458209 GBiF: Clithon undatus
