Septaria porcellana

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Septaria porcellana - Wikipedia

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Septaria porcellana

Shell of Septaria porcellana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Septaria
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 mollusc in the family Neritidae.^[2]

Subspecies

Septaria porcellana borbonica (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804)
Septaria porcellana porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

The geographical distribution of Septaria porcellana includes India, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and New Caledonia, found in still and swift currents on stones anywhere from a few meters from he sea to 5-6 kilometers inland.^[3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.1 mm. The shell is symmetrical, cap-like and relatively deep and wide. The outside base color is yellow-brown with a black or purple-pink pattern of triangles and horizontal lines. Inside is white to light gray, septum narrow, and its edge curved and tinged yellow.^[3]

Sexual dimorphism in the species presents as males being generally smaller than females. Male reproductive organs consist of a large flap-like penis with a papilla and a small auxiliary gland. Females have a ventral remnant of a spermatophore sac without spermatophores.^[3]

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Life cycle

Human use

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade for use in freshwater aquaria.^[4]

References

^ 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
^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c Haynes, A. (2001). "A revision of the genus Septaria Férussac, 1803 (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 103: 177–229. ISSN 0255-0105.
^ 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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