Neritina oweniana

Neritina oweniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha

Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritininae
Tribe: Neritinini
Genus: Neritina
Species: N. oweniana
Binomial name
Neritina oweniana
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828

Neritina oweniana is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Distribution

This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.

Habitat

This small nerite lives in rivers.

References

  1. Curtis, B.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina oweniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 April 2012.


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