Smaragdia Explained

Smaragdia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Species

Species within the genus Smaragdia include:

• Smaragdia bryanae (Pilsbry, 1918)^[1]
• † Smaragdia expansa (Reuss in M. Hörnes, 1856)
• † Smaragdia merignacensis (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918)
• Smaragdia patburkeae Eichhorst, 2016
• Smaragdia pulcherrima (Angas, 1871)^[2]
• Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000
• Smaragdia rangiana (Recluz, 1841)
• Smaragdia roseopicta Thiele, 1930^[3]
• Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier, 1863)
• Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936) - synonym: Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & Jay, 1989^[4]
• Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms:

• Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & Jay, 1989: synonym of Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936)
• Smaragdia feuilleti (Audouin, 1826) - type species:^[5] synonym of Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Smaragdia paulucciana (Gassies, 1870)<:^[6] synonym of Clithon parvulum (Le Guillou, 1841)
• Smaragdia viridemaris Mauri, 1917: synonym of Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)

Further reading

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366

External links

• Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Smaragdia bryanae (Pilsbry, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559790 on 2011-04-14
2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Smaragdia pulcherrima (Angas, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559830 on 2011-04-14
3. Bouchet, P. (2011). Smaragdia roseopicta Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559831 on 2011-04-14
4. Bouchet, P. (2011). Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559781 on 2011-04-14
5. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=1357 "Genus summary for Smaragdia "
6. Bouchet, P. (2011). Smaragdia paulucciana (Gassies, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559789 on 2011-04-14