Vitta cristata

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Vitta cristata

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Vitta
Species:
N. cristata
Binomial name
Vitta cristata
(Morelet, 1864)
Synonyms

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[]

This species of nerite is found in Africa: in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Sierra Leone.

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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


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