Neritina iris

Neritina iris
	Apertural view of a shell of Neritina iris. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neritina
Species:	N. iris
Binomial name
	Neritina iris; Mousson, 1849

Neritina iris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Distribution

Mayotte.

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[1]

^ 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

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