''Vittina'' is a
genus
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of brackish water and
freshwater snail
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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 ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Neritininae of the family
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.
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, the nerites.
[Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818773 on 2017-12-30]
''Vittina'' may be also recognized as a subgenus of the genus ''
Neritina''.
Species
Species in the genus ''Vittina'' include:
* ''
Vittina adumbrata''
(Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Vittina aquatilis''
(Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Vittina coromandeliana
''Vittina coromandeliana'', also known as ''Neritina coromandeliana'', is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Vittina coromandeliana'' includes Indonesia and Phil ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
* ''
Vittina cumingiana''
(Récluz, 1842)
* ''
Vittina gagates''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Vittina jovis''
(Récluz, 1843)
* ''
Vittina natalensis''
(Reeve, 1855)
* ''
Vittina pennata''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Vittina plumbea''
(G.W. Sowerby II, 1849)
* † ''
Vittina pomahakaensis''
(Finlay, 1924)
* ''
Vittina pouchetii''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''
Vittina roissyana
''Vittina'' 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. Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: Moll ...
''
(Récluz, 1841)
* ''
Vittina semiconica
''Vittina'' 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. Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: Moll ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Vittina serrulata
''Vittina'' 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. Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: Moll ...
''
(Récluz, 1842)
* ''
Vittina smithii
''Vittina'' 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. Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: Moll ...
''
(W. Wood, 1828)
* ''
Vittina solium
''Vittina'' 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. Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: Moll ...
''
(Récluz, 1846)
* ''
Vittina turrita''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Vittina turtoni''
(Récluz, 1843)
* ''
Vittina variegata''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Vittina waigiensis''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Vittina wallisiarum''
(Récluz, 1850)
;''
Taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The term t ...
''
* ''Vittina striolata''
(Récluz, 1841)
References
* Baker, H. B. (1924). Notes on the radula of the Neritidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 75: 117-178, pl. 9-16.
External links
Bourne G.C. (1909). Contributions to the morphology of the group Neritacea of aspidobranch gastropods. Part I. The Neritidae. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' for 1908. 810–887
Neritidae
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