Neritina
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Neritina is a genus
of small aquatic snail
s with an operculum
, marine
, brackish water
, and sometimes freshwater
gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae
, the nerites.
Neritina is the type genus
of the tribe Neritinini.
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small aquatic snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
, brackish water
Brackish water
Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root "brak," meaning "salty"...
, and sometimes freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....
, the nerites.
Neritina is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the tribe Neritinini.
Species
Species in the genus Neritina include:- Neritina adansoniana (Récluz, 1841)
- Neritina afra Sowerby, 1841
- Neritina cariosa (Wood, 1828) = Neritina (TheodoxusTheodoxusTheodoxus is a genus of small freshwater and brackish water neritid snail with an operculum.- Distribution :Distribution of the genus Theodoxus include Europe and northern Africa to southern Iran.- Description :...
) cariosa (Wood, 1828) - synonyms: Theodoxus cariosus (Wood, 1828), Theodoxus cariosa - Neritina clenchiNeritina clenchiNeritina clenchi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
Russell, 1940 - Neritina cristataNeritina cristataNeritina cristata is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-Distribution:This species of nerite is found in Africa: in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Sierra Leone....
Morelet, 1864 - Neritina gagatesNeritina gagatesNeritina gagates is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Neritina glabrataNeritina glabrataNeritina glabrata is a species of brackish water snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
Sowerby, 1849 - Neritina granosaNeritina granosaNeritina granosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-Distribution:This species of nerite is endemic in Hawaii: Maui.- Ecology :...
Sowerby - Neritina kuramoensis Yoloye & Adegoke, 1977
- Neritina manoeliNeritina manoeliNeritilia manoeli is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Neritiliidae.The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss. The width of the adult shell is 4 mm....
- Neritina mauriciaeNeritina mauriciaeNeritina mauriciae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Lesson, 1831) - Neritina meleagrisNeritina meleagrisNeritina meleagris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Neritina natalensisNeritina natalensisNeritina natalensis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.This is a popular aquarium snail, sold because it looks attractive and eats algae in freshwater tanks....
Reeve, 1855 - Neritina owenianaNeritina owenianaNeritina oweniana is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-Distribution:...
(Wood, 1828) - Neritina piraticaNeritina piraticaNeritina piratica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
Russell, 1940 - Neritina pulligeraNeritina pulligeraNeritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1767) - type species - Neritina punctulataNeritina punctulataNeritina punctulata is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.- Distribution :Distribution of Neritina punctulata include:* Puerto Rico* Dominica- Ecology :...
Lamarck, 1816 - Neritina reclivataNeritina reclivataNeritina reclivata is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.The common name is olive nerite, but that same common name is also used for Neritina usnea.-Human use:...
(Say, 1822) - olive nerite - Neritina rubricataNeritina rubricataNeritina rubricata is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-Distribution:...
Morelet, 1858 - Neritina tiassalensisNeritina tiassalensisNeritina tiassalensis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.-References:* Brown, D.S. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
Binder, 1955 - Neritina usneaNeritina usneaNeritina usnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Roding, 1798) - olive nerite - Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Neritina virgineaNeritina virgineaNeritina virginea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the brackish waters on the West Indian island of Dominica....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - virgin nerite - Neritina zebra (Bruguière, 1792)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Neritina consimilis Martens, 1879 is a synonym of Neritilia rubida (Pease, 1865)
- Neritina hellvillensis Crosse, 1881is a synonym of Smaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll, and in the Mediterranean Sea-References:...
(Montrouzier, 1863) - Neritina manoeli Dohrn, 1866 is a synonym of Neritilia manoeli (Dohrn, 1866)
- Neritina pulcherrima Angas, 1871 is a synonym of Smaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll, and in the Mediterranean Sea-References:...
(Montrouzier, 1863) - Neritina pusilla C.B. Adams, 1850 is a synonym of Neritilia pusilla (C.B. Adams, 1850)
- Neritina pygmaea C.B. Adams, 1845 is a synonym of Neritilia succineaNeritilia succineaNeritilia succinea is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.-Distribution:This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica....
(Récluz, 1841) - Neritina rangiana Récluz, 1841 is a synonym of Smaragdia rangianaSmaragdia rangianaSmaragdia rangiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Recluz, 1841) - Neritina rubida Pease, 1865 is a synonym of Neritilia rubida (Pease, 1865)
- Neritina souverbieana Montrouzier, 1863 is a synonym of Smaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbianaSmaragdia souverbiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll, and in the Mediterranean Sea-References:...
(Montrouzier, 1863)
External links
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp