Neritodryas cornea

Horny nerite
	Two shells of Neritodryas cornea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Tribe:
Genus:	Neritodryas
Species:	N. cornea
Binomial name
	Neritodryas cornea; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Nerita cornea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination); Neritina amphibia Lesson, 1831; Neritina ampullaria Lesson, 1831; Neritina cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination);

The horny nerite,^[3] Neritodryas cornea, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. ^[4]

Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.^[5]

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.^[6]

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
^ "AnimalBase :: Nerita cornea speciestaxon homepage".
^ "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2021-09-28
^ "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

Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696-1366

External links[]

[1] 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

[2] "AnimalBase :: Nerita cornea speciestaxon homepage".

[3] "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[WoRMS-4] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2021-09-28

[5] "Genus summary for Neritodryas". AnimalBase, accessed 12 December 2017.

[Ng_2016-6] 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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Horny nerite

Two shells of Neritodryas cornea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Tribe:
Genus:	Neritodryas
Species:	N. cornea
Binomial name
*Neritodryas cornea* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Nerita cornea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Neritina amphibia Lesson, 1831 Neritina ampullaria Lesson, 1831 Neritina cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination)