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Vitta rubricata

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Vitta rubricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. rubricata
Binomial name
Vitta rubricata
(Morelet, 1858)
Synonyms

Neritina rubricata Morelet, 1858 (original combination)

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

Distribution

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This species is found in Africa, in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Habitat

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This nerite lives in rivers.

References

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  1. ^ Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina rubricata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T40090A10304422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T40090A10304422.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta rubricata (Morelet, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325857 on 2021-09-27
  • Morelet, A. (1858). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 1. Klincksieck, Paris. 1-34, pls
  • Brown, D.S. 2000. Neritina rubricata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  • Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C., Ablett, J. D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696-1366