Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Salinity
range
0-1.1 0/00 (parts per thousand
)[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.16 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
()
- Koken, 1896
- Order:
Neritopsina
()
- Cox & Knight, 1960
- Superfamily:
Neritoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily:
Neritoidea
(
- Order:
Neritopsina
(
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Nerita oweniana
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Neritina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. granosa (Freshwater Stream Snail) · N. reclivata (Olive Nerite) · N. usnea (Olive Nerite) · N. violacea (Red-Mouth Nerite Snail) · N. virginea (Virgin Nerite)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Liberia / by Sir Harry Johnson; with an appendix on the flora of Liberia by Dr. Otto Stapf. London: Hutchinson, 1906. url p. 860, p. 860.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 301.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 418.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Curtis, B., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. 2010. Neritina oweniana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7140123
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16082357
- IUCN ID: 226617
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026064
Footnotes
- Curtis, B., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. 2010. Neritina oweniana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
