Clithon retropictum

Clithon retropictum is a species of freshwater and brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Clithon retropictum
a live Clithon retropictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritinae
Tribe:
Theodoxini
Genus:
Clithon
Species:
C. retropictum
Binomial name
Clithon retropictum
(von Martens, 1879)
Synonyms

Clithon retropictus (incorrect gender ending)
Neritina nubila Martens, 1860 Neritina obtusa Reeve, 1855 Neritina retropicta Martens, 1879

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan:[1] Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku.[2]

Description
Clithon retropictum shells

Habitat

This nerite lives in brackish water as well as freshwater.[1]

Feeding habits

Clithon retropictum is herbivorous species.[3]

Life cycle

Clithon retropictum is oviparous.[1] Juveniles hatch from eggs in September.[1] The lifespan of Clithon retropictum is up to 12 years and it belongs among the most long-lived of freshwater gastropods.[4]

Parasites

References
  1. FURUJO Yuki & TOMIYAMA Kiyonori. Distribution and Microhabitat of Coexisting Two Freshwater Snail Species, Semisulcospira libertina (Gould)(Prosobranchia; Pleuroceridae) and Clithon retropictus (Martens) (Prosobranchia: Neritidae). The Japanese journal of malacology. Venus, Vol. 59, No. 3(20000930), pp. 245-260.
  2. (in Japanese) イシマキガイ Clithon retropictus Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 6 January 2011.
  3. (in Japanese) Ohara T. & Tomiiyama K. (2000). "Niche segregation of coexisting two freshwater snail species, Semisulcospira libertina (Gould) (Prosobranchia: Pleuroceridae) and Clithon retropictus (Martens) (Prosobranchia: Neritidae)". Venus 59(2): 135–147. CiNii.
  4. Shigemiya, Y.; Kato, M. (2001). "Age distribution, growth, and lifetime copulation frequency of a freshwater snail, Clithon retropictus (Neritidae)". Population Ecology. 43 (2): 133. doi:10.1007/PL00012024.
  5. Kumazawa, N. H.; Kato, E.; Takaba, T.; Yokota, T. (1988). "Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla". Nihon Juigaku Zasshi. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science. 50 (4): 918–924. doi:10.1292/jvms1939.50.918. PMID 3172602.

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