Septaria porcellana

Septaria porcellana is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Septaria porcellana
Shell of Septaria porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritinae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Septaria
Species:
S. porcellana
Binomial name
Septaria porcellana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Navicella durvillei var. gaymardii Récluz, 1841
Navicella durvillei var. quoyi Récluz, 1841
Navicella porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Navicella suborbicularis G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
Navicella zebra Lesson, 1831
Neritina (Dostia) porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Patella porcellana Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Sandalium pictum Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name for Patella porcellana)
Septaria suborbicularis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Distribution

Distribution of Septaria Septaria porcellana includes India and ...

Description
Ventral view of a Septaria porcellana. Scale bar is 10 mm.

Life cycle
Septaria porcellana and its egg capsules.

Human use

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

References
  1. Sartori, André F. (2014). Septaria porcellana. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818888 on 2017-11-27
  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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