Neritina cristata

Neritina cristata
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. cristata
Binomial name
Neritina cristata
Morelet, 1864

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

Distribution

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

References

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