Septaria porcellana

Septaria porcellana
	Shell of Septaria porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha; clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Subfamily:	Neritinae
Tribe:	Neritinini
Genus:	Septaria
Species:	S. porcellana
Binomial name
	Septaria porcellana; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
	Navicella durvillei var. gaymardii Récluz, 1841; Navicella durvillei var. quoyi Récluz, 1841; Navicella porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758); Navicella suborbicularis G. B. Sowerby I, 1825; Navicella zebra Lesson, 1831; Neritina (Dostia) porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758); Patella porcellana Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination); Sandalium pictum Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name for Patella porcellana); Septaria suborbicularis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Septaria porcellana is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Distribution

The geographical distribution of Septaria Septaria porcellana includes India and ...

Ventral view of a Septaria porcellana. Scale bar is 10 mm.

Septaria porcellana and its egg capsules.

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade for use in freshwater aquaria.[2]

Sartori, André F. (2014). Septaria porcellana. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818888 on 2017-11-27
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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