Neritodryas cornea explained

Neritodryas cornea, the horny nerite, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[1]

Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.^[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[3]

References

• Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366

External links

• https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
• Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, 2

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2021-09-28
2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=2560 "Genus summary for Neritodryas"
3. Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130.