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Clithon faba

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

Clithon faba is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about Clithon faba

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Clithon faba live?

Not recorded

Is Clithon faba endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Clithon faba classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusClithon
  7. SpeciesClithon faba (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)

Synonyms Clithon faba, Nerita interrupta, Neritina avellana, Neritina faba, Neritina faba var. fasciata, Neritina faba var. sagittata, Neritina faba var. strigosa, Neritina fasciata, Neritina interrupta, Neritina sagittata, Neritina strigosa, Neritina troschelii

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • カノコガイJapanese
  • 豆彩螺Chinese
  • KanokogaiJapanese
  • 豆石蜑螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Clithon faba

Other species in the same genus Clithon.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Clithon faba?

Clithon faba (Clithon faba) belongs to the family Neritidae in the order Cycloneritida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clithon faba (Clithon faba). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clithon-faba

MLA

“Clithon faba (Clithon faba).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/clithon-faba.

BibTeX
@misc{clithon_faba_2026,
  title = {Clithon faba (Clithon faba)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clithon-faba},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}