Vitta piratica

Vitta piratica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Vitta
Species:	V. piratica
Binomial name
	Vitta piratica; (Russell, 1940)
Synonyms
	Neritina piraticaRussell, 1940

Last updated October 06, 2025

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

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found in the Wounta Lagoon, Nicaragua.

References

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta piratica (Russell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355743 on 2021-09-26

Russell H. D. 1940. Some new Neritidae from the West Indies. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural “Felipe Poey”, 14(4): 257–262, pl. 46.
Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366.

This Neritidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta piratica (Russell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355743 on 2021-09-26

[1]