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Neverita josephinia ''Neverita josephinia'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon shells. This is the type species of the genus ''Neverita''. The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligo ...

'' Risso, 1826.

Species

Species within the genus ''Neverita'' include: * † ''

Neverita amerrukensis ''Neverita'' is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Pacaud & Lebrun, 2019 * ''

Neverita aulacoglossa ''Neverita aulacoglossa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mo ...

'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909) * ''

Neverita delessertiana ''Neverita delessertiana'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. ''N. delessertiana'' was long considered to be merely a form of the much more common and much more widely di ...

'' ( Recluz in Chenu, 1843) Huelsken T. et al. 2006
''Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution''

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Neverita didyma ''Neverita didyma'', common name the bladder moon snail or moon shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Subspecies * ''Neverita didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * '' ...

'' (Röding, 1798) * '' ''Neverita duplicata'''' (

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Neverita lamonae ''Neverita'' is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Marincovich, 1975 * ''

Neverita lewisii ''Neverita lewisii'' (previously known as ''Polinices lewisii'', ''Lunatia lewisii'', ''Euspira lewisii''), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail. It is a predatory marine gastropod in the family Natici ...

'' (Gould, 1847) Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. DOI
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Bouchet, P. (2013) World Register Of Marine Species - Neverita lewisii (WoRMS

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Neverita olla ''Neverita'' is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (de Serres, 1829) * † ''

Neverita pontis ''Neverita'' is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

''(Marwick, 1924) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Neverita albumen'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of '' Polinices albumen'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Neverita ampla'' (Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Neverita hayashii'' Azuma, 1961: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma hayashii'' (Azuma, 1961) * ''Neverita hosoyai'' Kira, 1959: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma hosoyai'' (Kira, 1959) * ''Neverita nana'' (Møller, 1842): synonym of '' Pseudopolinices nanus'' (Møller, 1842) * ''Neverita obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of '' Euspira obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885) * ''Neverita peselephanti'' ' (Link, 1807): synonym of '' Polinices peselephanti'' (Link, 1807) * ''Neverita pilula'' Locard, 1897: synonym of '' Neverita obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885) * ''Neverita politiana'' ' (Dall, 1919): synonym of '' Euspira pallida'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) * ''Neverita reclusiana'' ( Deshayes, 1839): synonym of ''

Glossaulax reclusiana ''Glossaulax'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (Deshayes, 1839) * ''Neverita reiniana'' Dunker, 1877: synonym of ''

Glossaulax reiniana ''Glossaulax'' is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org ...

'' (Dunker, 1877) (original combination) * ''Neverita robusta'' Dunker, 1860: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Neverita secta'' Gabb, 1864: synonym of ''

'' (Deshayes, 1839)

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Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
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