Vitta cristata
(Redirected from Neritina cristata)
| Vitta cristata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Vitta |
| Species: | V. cristata
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864)
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| Synonyms | |
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Neritina cristata Morelet, 1864 (original combination) | |
Vitta cristata is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species of nerite is found in Africa: in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Sierra Leone.
References
[edit]- ^ Van Damme, D.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2020). "Vitta cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T14627A151142801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T14627A151142801.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319898 on 2021-09-26
- Morelet, A. (1864). Description de coquilles inédites. Journal de conchyliologie. 12 (3): 155–159; 286–290. page(s): 288
- Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C., Ablett, J. D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
- Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696-1366