Neritona juttingae

Neritina juttingae
	Apertural view of a shell of Neritina juttingae. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha; clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Subfamily:	Neritininae
Tribe:	Neritinini
Genus:	Neritina
Species:	N. juttingae
Binomial name
	Neritina juttingae; Mienis, 1973
Synonyms
	Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774

Neritina juttingae is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Description

Abapertural view of a shell of Neritina juttingae. Scale bar is 10 mm. There are remains of egg capsules of a neritid on the shell.
Neritina juttingae shells and operculum.

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Mienis H. K. (1973). "Notes on recent and fossil Neritidae 3. Neritina juttingae, new name for Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Basteria 37: 1–2.
^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130

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