Neritina

Neritina
Two live individuals of Neritina natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina
Rafinesque, 1815
Type species
Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • 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. They are as well marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks.

Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini.

Species

Species in the genus Neritina include:

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. 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. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  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.