Vitta meleagris

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Vitta meleagris
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Vitta meleagris shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. meleagris
Binomial name
Vitta meleagris
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Neritina meleagrisLamarck, 1822
  • Theodoxus meleagris(Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted combination)

Vitta meleagris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in rivers of the Dominican Republic.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta meleagris (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362579 on 2021-09-26