Neripteron

Neripteron
	Shell of Neripteron auriculatum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron; Lesson, 1831
Synonyms
	Alinoclithon H. B. Baker, 1923; Neritoclithon H. B. Baker, 1923; Dostia Gray, 1842; Pseudonerita H. B. Baker, 1923; Neritopteron P. Fischer, 1885 (unjustified emendation of Neripteron)

Neripteron is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Neripteron include:

^ Lesson R. (1831). In: Duperry, Voy. "Coquille" (Zool.), 2(1): page 384.
^ Baker H. B. (1923). Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 75: 117, 134, 159.
^ Gray (1840). Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42, 147 [n.n.]; 1842, Syn. Brit. Mus., ed. 44, 58.
^ Fischer P. (1885). Man. Conch., 802.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron Lesson, 1831. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409 on 2017-12-07