Septaria porcellana
Shell of Septaria porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Neritinae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Species:
S. porcellana
Binomial name
Septaria porcellana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Navicella durvillei var. gaymardii Récluz, 1841
  • Navicella durvillei var. quoyi Récluz, 1841
  • Navicella porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Navicella suborbicularis G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Navicella zebra Lesson, 1831
  • Neritina (Dostia) porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Patella porcellana Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)>
  • Sandalium pictum Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name for Patella porcellana)
  • Septaria haustrum (Reeve, 1856)
  • Septaria suborbicularis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Septaria suborbicularis var. compressa E. von Martens, 1897 (suspected synonym)

Septaria porcellana is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

Subspecies

Distribution

The geographical distribution of Septaria porcellana includes India, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia.

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.1 mm.

Ventral view of a Septaria porcellana. Scale bar is 10 mm.

Life cycle

Septaria porcellana and its egg capsules.

Human use

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade for use in freshwater aquaria.[3]

References

  1. Sartori, André F. (2014). Septaria porcellana. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818888 on 2017-11-27
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Septaria porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818888 on 2022-05-24
  3. Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
  • Kerr, A. M. 2013. Annotated Checklist of the Aquatic snails of the Mariana Islands, Micronesia. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report 147: 1-18
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366
  • Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1958). Non-marine Mollusca of the island of Misool. Nova Guinea: A Journal of Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Geology and Palaeontology of the Papuan Region. 9 (1): 293–338.


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