{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Neripteron auriculatum shell.png |image_caption = Shell of ''Neripteron auriculatum''. Scale bar is 10 mm. |taxon= Neripteron |authority=Lesson, 1831<ref>Lesson R. (1831). In: Duperry, Voy. "Coquille" (Zool.), '''2'''(1): page 384.</ref> |type_species= ''Neritina auriculata'' <small>Lamarck, 1816</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS 2017">Bouchet, P. (2016). ''Neripteron'' Lesson, 1831. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409 on 2017-12-07</ref> |synonyms = * ''Clithon (Alinoclithon)'' <small>H. B. Baker, 1923</small><ref>Baker H. B. (1923). ''Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia'' '''75''': 117, 134, 159.</ref> * ''Clithon (Neritoclithon)'' <small>H. B. Baker, 1923</small> * ''Dostia'' <small>Gray, 1842</small><ref>Gray (1840). ''Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus.'', ed. 42, 147 [n.n.]; 1842, ''Syn. Brit. Mus.'', ed. 44, 58.</ref> * ''Neripteron (Dostia)'' <small>Gray, 1842</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Neripteron (Neripteron)'' <small>Lesson, 1831</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Neripteron (Pseudonerita)'' <small>H. B. Baker, 1923</small>· accepted, alternate representation * ''Neritina (Dostia)'' <small>Gray, 1842</small> * ''Neritina (Neripteron)'' <small>Lesson, 1831</small> * ''Neritopteron'' <small>P. Fischer, 1885</small><ref>Fischer P. (1885). ''Man. Conch.'', 802.</ref> (unjustified emendation of ''Neripteron'') * ''Pseudonerita'' <small>H. B. Baker, 1923</small> |display_parents=3 }}
'''''Neripteron''''' is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neripteron Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409 on 2021-09-22 </ref>
''Neripteron auriculatum'' is the type species of the genus ''Neripteron''.<ref name="WoRMS 2017"/>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Neripteron'' include: * ''Neripteron amoenum'' <small>(Gould, 1847)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron auriculatum'' <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron bensoni'' <small>(Récluz, 1850)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron bicanaliculatum'' <small>(Récluz, 1843)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron cariosum'' <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron cornucopia'' <small>(Benson, 1836)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron dilatatum'' <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron holosericeum'' (Garrett, 1872)<ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron lecontei'' <small>(Récluz, 1853)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron mauriciae'' <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron neglectum'' <small>(Pease, 1861)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron obtusum'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron pileolus'' <small>(Récluz, 1850)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron platyconcha'' <small>(Annandale & Prashad, 1919)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron rostratum'' <small>(Reeve, 1856)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron rubicundum'' <small>(Martens, 1875)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron simoni'' <small>(Prashad, 1921)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron siquijorense'' <small>(Récluz, 1844)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron spirale'' <small>(Reeve, 1855)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron subauriculatum'' <small>(Récluz, 1843)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron subviolaceum'' <small>Eichhorst, 2016</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron taitense'' <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron vespertinum'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> * ''Neripteron violaceum'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Neripteron asperulatum'' (Récluz, 1843):<ref name="WoRMS 2017"/> synonym of ''Neritina asperulata'' <small>(Récluz, 1843)</small> * ''Neripteron holosericum'' : synonym of ''Neripteron holosericeum'' <small>(Garrett, 1872)</small> (misspelling) * ''Neripteron schneideri'' <small>Riech, 1935</small>: synonym of ''Neripteron auriculatum'' <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
== References == {{Commons category|Neripteron}} {{Reflist}} * hhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp
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Category:Neritidae Category:Taxa named by René Lesson