Clithon corona is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is native to the Western Pacific, from the Philippines to Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Taiwan, and the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[3][4][5]
It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Description
Abapertural view of
Clithon corona shell.
Ecology
The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only.[5]
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[6]
References
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^ Köhler, F. (2011). "Clithon corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189626A8757261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189626A8757261.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon corona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2017-11-27
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^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2021-09-28
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^ "Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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^ a b Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. JSTOR 1548413.
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^ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
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- Le Guillou, E.J.F., 1841. Description de quatorze Nérites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne; …: 343-347. Paris.
- Haynes, A. 2005. An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae). Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84
- Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp.