Clypeolum owenianum
Species of gastropod
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Clypeolum owenianum is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]
| Clypeolum owenianum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Clypeolum |
| Species: | C. owenianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Clypeolum owenianum (Wood, 1828) | |
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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.