Neritodryas cornea

Neritodryas cornea, the horny nerite,^[3] is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[4]

Neritodryas cornea
Two shells of Neritodryas cornea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neritodryas
Species:	N. cornea
Binomial name
Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1][2]
Nerita cornea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Neritina amphibia Lesson, 1831 Neritina ampullaria Lesson, 1831 Neritina cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination)

Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.^[5]

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.

Abapertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[6]