Clithon

Clithon
	Clithon retropictum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon; Montfort, 1810
Type species
	Nerita corona; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Clithon (Clithon) Montfort, 1810; Clithon (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936; Corona Récluz, 1850 (objective synonym); Nerita (Clithon) Montfort, 1810; Neritina (Clithon) Montfort, 1810; Pictoneritina Iredale, 1936*; Theodoxus (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936 (new combination);

Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails^[2] or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[3]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species),^[2] 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)^[4]
Clithon aspersum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)^[4]
† Clithon avellana (Récluz, 1842)^[4]
Clithon barbei Symonds & Pacaud, 2010 †
† Clithon bezieri (Dalimier, 1918)
Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)^[4]
† Clithon bouryi (Cossmann, 1888)
† Clithon bristowi (Wenz, 1929)^[4]
Clithon castanea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)^[4]
Clithon celatum (Récluz, 1846)^[4]
Clithon chlorostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)^[4]
Clithon circumvolutum (Récluz, 1843)^[4]
† Clithon coeuvrense Vrinat, 2019
† Clithon concavum (J. Sowerby, 1823)
Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)^[4]
Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815)^[4]
† Clithon cranmorense Symonds, 2006
Clithon cryptum Eichhorst, 2016^[4]
Clithon cuvieriana^{[citation needed]}
Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841)^[4]
Clithon dispar (Pease, 1868)^[4]
Clithon dominguense (Lamarck, 1822)^[4]
Clithon donovani (Récluz, 1843)^[4]
Clithon dringii (Récluz, 1846)^[4]
Clithon elegans (Deshayes, 1824) †
Clithon eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1917)^[4]
Clithon faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836^[4]
Clithon flavovirens (von dem Busch, 1843)^[4]
Clithon francoisi (Mabille, 1895)^[4]
Clithon fuliginosum (von dem Busch, 1843)^[4]
† Clithon hillae ' Symonds, 2015 †
† Clithon inequidentatum (Récluz, 1850)
Clithon leachii (Récluz, 1841)
Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855)^[5]
Clithon luctuosum (Récluz, 1841)
Clithon madecassinum (Morelet, 1860)
Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843)^[4]
Clithon michaudi (Récluz, 1841)
† Clithon mortoni Symonds, 2015
Clithon nigrispinis Lesson, 1831
Clithon nouletianus (Gassies, 1863) ^[6]
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)^[7]
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^[8]^[9]
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 ^[10]
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):^[4] 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

^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 326.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x 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. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x.
^ 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
^ GBiF: Clithon undatus

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

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16

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[1] Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 326.

[Brown_1994-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

[WoRMS-3] 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

[WoRMS_2017-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x 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

[5] 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

[6] 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)

[7] 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

[8] 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. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x.

[9] 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

[10] GBiF: Clithon undatus

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