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Neripteron violaceum
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Scientific classification
Synonyms

Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822)
Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Neritina (Dostia) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791)
Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina depressa Benson, 1836
Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850
Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830
Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875
Neritina plumata Menke, 1830
Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874
Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842
Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Description

Neripteron violaceum shell
Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.
Neripteron violaceum shell 2
Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Distribution

India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.

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