Clithon faba

Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. ^[2]

Clithon faba
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon
Species:	C. faba
Binomial name
Clithon faba Sowerby I, 1836
Synonyms
Clithon (Clithon) faba (G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) (new combination) Nerita interrupta Récluz, 1843 Neritina faba G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 (original combination) Neritina faba var. fasciata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina faba var. sagittata E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina faba var. strigosa E. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina fasciata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina interrupta G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (probable synonym) Neritina sagittata Martens, 1878 (junior synonym) Neritina strigosa Martens, 1878 Neritina troscheli Récluz, 1850 (a junior synonym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines, Singapore and in Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū,^[3] Vietnam.^[4]

Clithon faba shell.