Vitta (gastropod)

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Vitta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Mörch, 1852
Synonyms
  • AgapiliaHarzhauser & Kowalke, 2001
  • Clithon (Vittoclithon)H. B. Baker, 1923
  • Neritella (Vitta)Mörch, 1852 (original rank)
  • Neritina (Vitta)Mörch, 1852 (new combination)
  • Neritina (Vittoclithon)H. B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation
  • Theodoxus (Vittoclithon)H. B. Baker, 1923
  • Vitta (Vitta)Mörch, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
  • Vitta (Vittoclithon)H. B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation

Vitta is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Vitta include:

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348334 on 2021-09-26