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| Neritina iris | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Neritina iris. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Neritina |
| Species: | N. iris |
| Binomial name | |
| Neritina iris Mousson, 1849 | |
Neritina iris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.
Distribution
[edit]Mayotte.
Description
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Human use
[edit]It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
External links
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Media related to Neritina iris at Wikimedia Commons