''Neritilia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
freshwater snail
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s which live near the sea coast in submarine caves.
They have an
operculum, and are
aquatic gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Neritiliidae
Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". '' Organisms Diversity & Evolution'' 8(1): 22-43. marin ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2010). Neritilia Martens, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390982 on 2011-03-16]
Species
Species within the genus ''Neritilia'' include:
* ''
Neritilia abeli''
Espinosa, Ortea & Diez-García, 2017
* †''
Neritilia bisinuata''
Lozouet, 2004
* ''
Neritilia cavernicola''
Kano & Kase, 2004
* ''
Neritilia hawaiiensis''
Kay, 1979 -
anchialine pool snail
* †''
Neritilia lawsoni''
Symonds & Tracey, 2014
* ''
Neritilia littoralis''
Kano, Kase & Kubo, 2003
* ''
Neritilia manoeli''
(Dohrn, 1866)[Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. ]Taylor & Francis
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. .
* ''
Neritilia margaritae''
Pérez-Dionis, Espinosa & Ortea, 2010
* ''
Neritilia mariaella''
Espinosa & Ortea, 2018
* ''
Neritilia mimotoi''
Kano, Sasaki & Ishikawa, 2001
* † ''
Neritilia neritinoides''
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918)
* ''
Neritilia panamensis''
Morrison, 1946
* ''
Neritilia pusilla''
(C.B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Neritilia rubida
''Neritilia rubida'' is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Neritiliidae.
''Neritilia rubida'' is the type species of the genus ''Neritilia''.
References
* Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The ...
''
(Pease, 1865) - type species
*''
Neritilia serrana''
Espinosa, Ortea & Diez-García, 2017
* ''
Neritilia succinea
''Neritilia succinea'' is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritiliidae.
Subspecies ''Neritilia succinea guatemalensis'' Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of ''Neritilia succinea'' (Récluz, 1841)
Description
T ...
''
(Récluz, 1841)
* ''
Neritilia vulgaris''
Kano & Kase, 2003
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Neritilia consimilis''
Martens, 1897:
synonym of ''
Neritilia rubida
''Neritilia rubida'' is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Neritiliidae.
''Neritilia rubida'' is the type species of the genus ''Neritilia''.
References
* Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The ...
''
(Pease, 1865) (junior synonym)
* ''Neritilia traceyi''
Ladd, 1965: synonym of ''
Laddia traceyi''
(Ladd, 1965)
References
* Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366
External links
Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & RaspeAdams, A. (1863). On some new genera and species of Umboniidae from the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 11: 264-268Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40Kano Y. & Kase T. (2003). Systematics of the Neritilia rubida complex (Gastropoda: Neritiliidae): three amphidromous species with overlapping distributions in the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 69(3): 273-284.
Neritiliidae
Taxa named by Eduard von Martens
Gastropod genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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