Neverita josephinia

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Neverita josephinia
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Neverita
Species:
N. josephinia
Binomial name
Neverita josephinia
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Natica josephinia(Risso, 1826)
  • Natica josephinia var. aegyptiacaPallary, 1912
  • Natica josephinia var. caelataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Natica philippianaRécluz in Chenu, 1843
  • Natica philippianaReeve, 1855
  • Neverita philippiana(Récluz, C., 1855)

Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon shells. [1]

Contents

This is the type species of the genus Neverita .

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligocene (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Morocco. [2]

The sand collar of N. josephinia from the Ebro River Delta in Catalonia, Spain Neverita josephina (egg capsule).jpg
The sand collar of N. josephinia from the Ebro River Delta in Catalonia, Spain

Distribution

This is a Mediterranean species. [1] [3]

Description

Like other species in this genus, this snail has a corneous operculum.

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References

  1. 1 2 Huelsken, T.; Marek, C; Schreiber, S; Schmidt, I; Hollmann, M. (2008). "The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1770. Magnolia Press: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  2. Fossilworks
  3. Huelsken T. et al. 2006. Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa, 1257:1-25.