Neripteron violaceum

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[2]

Neripteron violaceum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. violaceum
Binomial name
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822) Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791) Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Neritina (Dostia) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822 Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791) Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822 Neritina depressa Benson, 1836 Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850 Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830 Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875 Neritina plumata Menke, 1830 Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874 Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842 Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Distribution

India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan^[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[3]