Neritodryas cornea
The horny nerite,[3] Neritodryas cornea, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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| Two shells of Neritodryas cornea | |
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| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha |
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| Tribe: | Theodoxini |
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| Species: | N. cornea |
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| Neritodryas cornea | |
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Nerita cornea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) | |
Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.[4]
Description
 Apertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea. |
 Abapertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea. |
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[5]
References
- Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2017-12-12
- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/speciestaxon?id=4760
- "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- "Genus summary for Neritodryas". AnimalBase, accessed 12 December 2017.
- 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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