User:Vealasko/Neripteron vespertinum

Comments by A. Faucci (Apr 3, 2024):

Excellent Draft! Just check your English and typos. Also, delete the Human Use etc. heading and also the Biology part for Description unless you plan to add something about their biology (like what they eat and how they reproduce or so).

Article Draft
Neripteron vespertinum is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Which is already included on the article. Also called hapawai in Hawaiiian.

Description
Its shell is flattened, generally thin, covered in a thick epidermis, and has a smooth interior and exterior. The shell has an apparent olive green color that slickly grades into a dark black or a light brown color. The width of the shell can go up to 1 inch, with wing resembling projections that start from the apex.

Distribution and Habitat
This species is endemic to Hawai'i and is traditionally found on all the Hawaiian Islands. This mollusk is almost always found in freshwater, specifically the slightly briny bottommost untouched small streams near big rocks. They are also found in estuaries, on firm surfaces such as rocks, boulders, and bridge supports.

Conservation Status
The conservation status for the N. vespertinum is currently critically imperiled. Possible or ongoing threats to this mollusk include stream channelization and burial, pollution, water diversions; which have strained the distribution and abundance of these mollusks. Even more so, runoff or extensive flooding-resulting in high sedimentation turbidity, nutrients, trash and other pollutants emptying into streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans also pose a crucial threat.