Clypeolum owenianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Neritininae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Species:
C. oweniana
Binomial name
Clypeolum owenianum
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828
  • Neritina oweniana (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Neritina tiassalensis E. Binder, 1956

Clypeolum owenianum is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]

Distribution

This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.

Habitat

This small nerite lives in rivers.

References

  1. Van Damme, D. (2020). "Clypeolum owenianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158567718A151143287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T158567718A151143287.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clypeolum owenianum (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873784 on 2021-09-26
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp


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