Neritina

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Neritina
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Two live individuals of Neritina natalensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina
Rafinesque, 1815 [1]
Type species
Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms [2]
  • Nerita (Neritina)Lamarck, 1816
  • NeritellaGray, 1847
  • Neritina (Neritella)Gray, 1847
  • Neritina (Neritina)Lamarck, 1816 (a junior synonym)

Neritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2] They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks

Contents

Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini. [3]

Species

Species in the genus Neritina include: [4]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Rafinesque C. S. R. (1815). Anal. Nat.: 144. In: Lamarck J.-B. (1816). Ency. Méth. (Tabl. Vers)3, pl. 455, Liste p. 11.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206842 on 2021-09-24
  3. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  4. ↑ Neritina at ITIS.gov accessed 24 September 2021
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
  6. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.


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