{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Clithon corona, Horned nerite snail from the Philippines 01.jpg | image_caption = ''Clithon corona'' from the Philippines | image2 = Clithon corona shell.png | image2_caption = ''Clithon corona'' shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | status = LC | status_system=IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Köhler, F. |date=2011 |title=''Clithon corona'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T189626A8757261 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189626A8757261.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Clithon | species = corona | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = <ref>Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). ''Clithon corona''. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2017-11-27</ref> | synonyms = ''Clithon variabilis'' Lesson, 1831<br/> ''Nerita cardinalis'' Le Guillou, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Nerita cardinalis'' Röding, 1798)<br/> ''Nerita corona'' Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)<br/> ''Nerita keraudrenii'' <small>Le Guillou, 1841</small><br/> ''Nerita montacuti'' <small>Récluz, 1843</small><br/> ''Nerita montaguana'' Récluz, 1850<br/> ''Nerita obscurata'' Récluz, 1842<br/> ''Nerita recluziana'' <small>Le Guillou, 1841</small><br/> ''Neritina aspera'' Philippi, 1845<br/> ''Neritina brevispina'' Lamarck, 1822<br/> ''Neritina coronoides'' Lesson, 1831<br/> ''Neritina corrugata'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848<br/> ''Neritina deltoidea'' Mousson, 1870<br/> ''Neritina discors'' Martens, 1878<br/> ''Neritina flexuosa'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848<br/> ''Neritina hapa'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848<br/> ''Neritina monilifera'' Martens, 1878<br/> ''Neritina musiva'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848<br/> ''Neritina paya'' Gassies, 1858<br/> ''Neritina rhitidophora'' Tapparone Canefri, 1893<br/> ''Neritina ruida'' Mousson, 1857<br/> ''Neritina subrugata'' Baird, 1873<br/> ''Neritina unidentata'' <small>Récluz, 1850</small><br/> ''Neritina vitiana'' Mousson, 1870 }}

'''''Clithon corona''''' is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2021-09-28</ref><ref name="slb">{{cite web |title=''Clithon corona'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Clithon-corona.html |website=SeaLifeBase |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="McLaughlin 1990"/>

== Description == left|thumb|Abapertural view of ''Clithon corona'' shell. {{clear left}}{{Expand section|date=August 2023}}

==Distribution== Native to the Western Pacific, from the Philippines to Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Taiwan, and the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands of Japan.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2021-09-28</ref><ref name="slb">{{cite web |title=''Clithon corona'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Clithon-corona.html |website=SeaLifeBase |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="McLaughlin 1990"/>

==Ecology== The freshwater hermit crab ''Clibanarius fonticola'' uses shells of ''Clithon corona'' only.<ref name="McLaughlin 1990">{{cite journal |title=''Clibanarius fonticola'', new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu |author=Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=10 |issue=4 |year=1990 |pages=695–702 |jstor=1548413 |doi=10.2307/1548413}}</ref>

==Human use== It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.<ref name="Ng 2016">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|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Récluz, C., 1841. Description de quelques espèces de nérites vivantes (2 partie, suit et fin),. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne: 337-343 * Le Guillou, E.J.F., 1841. Description de quatorze Nérites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne; ...: 343-347. Paris. * Haynes, A. 2005. An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae). Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84 * Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp.

== External links == * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata &#91;10th revised edition&#93;, vol. 1: 824 pp.&nbsp;Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400 Philippi, &#91;R.&#93; A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52484536 Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. ] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040 Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, 2(1): 1-471] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52484536 Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.]

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Category:Neritidae Category:Gastropods described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Neritidae-stub}}