Clithon faba

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Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]

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Clithon faba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. faba
Binomial name
Clithon faba
Sowerby I, 1836
Synonyms
  • Clithon (Clithon) faba (G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) (new combination)
  • Nerita interrupta Récluz, 1843
  • Neritina faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 (original combination)
  • Neritina faba var. fasciata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. sagittata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. strigosa E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina fasciata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina interrupta G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (probable synonym)
  • Neritina sagittata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina strigosa Martens, 1878
  • Neritina troscheli Récluz, 1850 (a junior synonym)
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Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines, Singapore and in Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū,[3] Vietnam.[4]

Clithon faba shell.

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