Smaragdia
Encyclopedia
Smaragdia is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Neritidae
, the nerites.
Smaragdia is the type genus
of the subfamily Smaragdiinae.
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 sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, 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...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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.
Smaragdia 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 subfamily Smaragdiinae.
Species
Species within the genus Smaragdia include:- Smaragdia bryanae (Pilsbry, 1918)
- Smaragdia feuilletiSmaragdia feuilletiSmaragdia feuilleti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Audouin, 1826) - type species - Smaragdia paulucciana (Gassies, 1870)
- Smaragdia pulcherrima (Angas, 1871)
- Smaragdia purpureomaculataSmaragdia purpureomaculataSmaragdia purpureomaculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
Dekker, 2000 - Smaragdia rangianaSmaragdia rangianaSmaragdia rangiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae....
(Recluz, 1841) - Smaragdia roseopicta Thiele, 1930
- 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) - Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936) - synonym: Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & Jay, 1989
- Smaragdia viridisSmaragdia viridisSmaragdia viridis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.-Distribution:Distribution of Smaragdia viridis include the area from the Mediterranean Sea to Caribbean.-Description:...
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Further reading
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda