Vitta glabrata

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Vitta glabrata is a species of brackish water[1] snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

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Vitta glabrata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. glabrata
Binomial name
Vitta glabrata
(Sowerby, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Clithon glabrata [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Clithon glabratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Neritina glabrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
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Description

The length of the shell is 8.5 mm.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Africa from Gambia to Angola.

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