Neritina
Two live individuals of Neritina natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Neritella Gray, 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

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

Species

Species in the genus Neritina include:[4]

Species brought into synonymy

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. ^ a b 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. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ Neritina at ITIS.gov accessed 24 September 2021
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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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