Quick facts for kids Clithon corona |
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| Clithon corona from the Philippines |
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| Clithon corona shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. |
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| Scientific classification |
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Clithon
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| Species: |
corona
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| Synonyms |
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Clithon variabilis Lesson, 1831
Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798)
Nerita corona Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Nerita keraudrenii Le Guillou, 1841
Nerita montacuti Récluz, 1843
Nerita montaguana Récluz, 1850
Nerita obscurata Récluz, 1842
Nerita recluziana Le Guillou, 1841
Neritina aspera Philippi, 1845
Neritina brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Neritina coronoides Lesson, 1831
Neritina corrugata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
Neritina deltoidea Mousson, 1870
Neritina discors Martens, 1878
Neritina flexuosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
Neritina hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
Neritina monilifera Martens, 1878
Neritina musiva Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
Neritina paya Gassies, 1858
Neritina rhitidophora Tapparone Canefri, 1893
Neritina ruida Mousson, 1857
Neritina subrugata Baird, 1873
Neritina unidentata Récluz, 1850
Neritina vitiana Mousson, 1870
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Clithon corona is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Description
Abapertural view of
Clithon corona shell.
Distribution
Native to the Western Pacific, from the Philippines to Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Taiwan, and the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Ecology
The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only.
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.
