Neritona Explained
Neritona is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum, marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1]
Species
Species in the genus Neritona include:
- Neritona granosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973)
- Neritona labiosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
- Neritona macgillivrayi (Reeve, 1855)
- Neritona melanesica Riech, 1935
- Neritona planissima (Mousson, 1869)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Neritona latissima (Broderip, 1833): synonym of Clypeolum latissimum (Broderip, 1833)
- † Neritona martensi Brusina, 1884: synonym of † Theodoxus martensi (Brusina, 1884)
External links
- Martens, E. von. (1869). [Über die Deckel der Schneckengattungen Neritina, Nerita, und Navicella]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freude zu Berlin. 1869: 21-23]
- Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
- Benson, W. H. (1856). Descriptions of three new species of Paludomus from Burmah, and of some forms of Stenothyra (Nematura) from Penang, Mergui, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2. 17(102): 494-504
- 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 & Raspe.
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona Martens, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992444 on 2021-09-26
