Neritilia succinea

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Neritilia succinea
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Neritilia succinea shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritiliidae
Genus: Neritilia
Species:
N. succinea
Binomial name
Neritilia succinea
(Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Nerita succineaRécluz, 1841 (original combination)
  • Neritilia succinea guatemalensisPilsbry, 1920
  • Neritina pygmaeaC. B. Adams, 1845 (junior synonym)

Neritilia succinea is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritiliidae. [1]

Contents

Subspecies Neritilia succinea guatemalensisPilsbry, 1920: synonym of Neritilia succinea(Récluz, 1841)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica.; [2] also off Guadeloupe.

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References

  1. Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2010.
  2. (in German) Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, 90: 221–340. PDF.