Neritina reclivata

Neritina reclivata
Neritina reclivata
A live individual of Neritina reclivata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritininae
Tribe: Neritinini
Genus: Neritina
Species: N. reclivata
Binomial name
Neritina reclivata
(Say, 1822)

Neritina reclivata is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

The common name is olive nerite, but that same common name is also used for Neritina usnea.

Life cycle

The life span is 3-5 years in an aquarium.[1]

Human use

This species is used as algae-eating snail among freshwater aquarists. In an aquarium, the shell of this species grows 1.3-2.5 cm[1]. This snail prefers an aquarium temperature of 22.2-25.6 °C.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c http://theaquariumwiki.com/Neritina_reclivata accessed 9 April 2009
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