Neritodryas cornea, the horny nerite,[3] is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Neritodryas |
| Species: | N. cornea
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| Neritodryas cornea | |
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Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.[5]
Description
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Human use
editIt is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[6]
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2017-12-12
- ^ "AnimalBase :: Nerita cornea speciestaxon homepage".
- ^ "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2021-09-28
- ^ "Genus summary for Neritodryas". AnimalBase, accessed 12 December 2017.
- ^ 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
- Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
- Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366
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