''Nereina'' is a
genus of brackish water and
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s with an
operculum, aquatic
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Neritininae of the family
Neritidae, the nerites.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nereina de Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871688 on 2021-09-26]
Species
* ''
Nereina afra
''Nereina'' is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nereina de Cristofori & Ja ...
''
( G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
* ''
Nereina cresswelli''
Eichhorst, 2016
* ''
Nereina haemastoma''
( Martens, 1878)
* ''
Nereina punctulata
''Nereina punctulata'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nereina punctulata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World R ...
''
( Lamarck, 1816)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Nereina lacustris''
de Cristofori & Jan, 1832: synonym of ''Nereina punctulata''
(Lamarck, 1816)
References
* Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp.
External links
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Neritidae