Neritina iris
Appearance
Neritina iris | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Neritina iris. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Neritidae |
Genus: | Neritina |
Species: | N. iris
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Binomial name | |
Neritina iris Mousson, 1849
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Neritina iris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.
Distribution
[edit]Mayotte.
Description
[edit]Human use
[edit]It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]Media related to Neritina iris at Wikimedia Commons