Neripteron siquijorense ( Recluz, 1844 )

Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Zootaxa 4162 (3), pp. 401-437 : 405

Neripteron siquijorense ( Recluz, 1844)

Figs 3 I–J

Nerita siquijorensis Récluz, 1844: 198 .

Pseudodostia? siquijorensis: Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 98 –99, pl. 13, figs 6–7.

Neripteron siquijorense: Fukumori & Kano 2014 , 217.

Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 1 specimen.

Abundance. Rare.

Measurements. Up to 10 mm ( Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

Ecological notes. Development with free swimming veliger ( Fukumori & Kano 2014).

Found in estuaries ( Fukumori & Kano 2014), does not extend to low salinity estuarine upper reach ( Lozouet & Plaziat 2008).

Found on sediment surface in upper intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast.

General distribution. Iriomote and Okinawa Is ( Japan), Palawan I. ( Philippines) ( Fukumori & Kano 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A – B. Nerita albicilla (14 mm). C – D. Nerita histrio (18 mm). E – F. Nerita planospira (26 mm). G – H. Nerita undata (21 mm). I – J. Neripteron siquijorense (4 mm). K – L. Neripteron subauriculatum (10 mm). M – N. Clithon oualaniense (7 mm). O – P. Clithon faba (10 mm). Q – R. Clithon faba (6 mm).