Neritidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

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Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411639 on 2021-09-25 The family Neritidae includes marine genera such as Nerita, marine and freshwater genera such as Neritina, and freshwater and brackish water genera such as Theodoxus.

The common name "nerite" as well as the family name Neritidae and the genus name Nerita, are derived from the name of Nerites, who was a sea god in Greek mythology.

Distribution

Neritidae live primarily in the southern hemisphere, but there are some exceptions, such as a genus Theodoxus which can be found in Europe and Northern Africa or Bathynerita naticoidea.

Taxonomy

This family consists of the five following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815 - synonyms: Neritellinae Gray, 1847; Proto neritidae Kittl, 1899
  • † Neritariinae Wenz, 1938
  • Neritininae Poey, 1852
    • tribe Neritinini Poey, 1852 - synonyms: Catilinae Gray, 1868; Orthopomatini Gray, 1868; Stenopomatini Gray, 1868; Septariini Jousseaume, 1894
    • tribe Theodoxini Bandel, 2001
  • Smaragdiinae H. B. Baker, 1923
  • † Velatinae Bandel, 2001

Genera

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Red_racer_nerite,_Vittina_waigiensis_from_the_Philippines_02.jpg" caption="Red racer nerites, ''[[Vittina waigiensis]]'', from the [[Philippines]]. These are popular in the aquarium trade for their extremely variable shell patterns"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Zebra_Nerite_Snail_1.jpg" caption="The zebra nerite, ''[[Vittina natalensis]]'', from [[East Africa]]. A common nerite snail in the aquarium trade and one of several species known as "zebra nerites""] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Neritodryas_cornea_001.jpg" caption="Two shells of ''[[Neritodryas cornea]]''"] ::

Genera, subgenera and species within the family Neritidae include:

Subfamily † Neritariinae

Subfamily Neritininae

Subfamily Smaragdiinae

Subfamily † Velatinae

Synonyms

  • † Agapilia Harzhauser & Kowalke, 2001 : synonym of Vitta Mörch, 1852
  • Navicella Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Septaria Férussac, 1807 (junior synonym)
  • † Ninniopsis Tomlin, 1930: synonym of † Theodoxus (Ninniopsis) Tomlin, 1930 represented as Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 (original rank)
  • Orthopoma Gray, 1868: synonym of Septaria Férussac, 1807
  • Orthopomatini Gray, 1868: synonym of Neritininae Poey, 1852
  • Paranerita Bourne, 1908: synonym of Vittina H. B. Baker, 1923 (Invalid: junior homonym of Paranerita Hampson, 1901 [Lepidoptera])
  • Pseudonerita H. B. Baker, 1923: synonym of Neripteron (Pseudonerita) H. B. Baker, 1923 represented as Neripteron Lesson, 1831
  • Serenia Benson, 1856: synonym of Neritona Martens, 1869 (unavailable name: established in synonymy)
  • Tanalia Gray, 1847: synonym of Neritona Martens, 1869
  • Theodoxia Bourguignat, 1877: synonym of Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Theodoxus)
  • Theodoxis Montfort, 1810: synonym of Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 (alternative original spelling, not in use)

References

  • Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara [The Molluscan Fauna and Zoogeographical Zoning of the Continental Water Bodies of the World]. Nauka. Leningrad. 372 p., 12 tables

References

  1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., [[Winston Ponder. Ponder W. F.]] & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". ''[[Hydrobiologia]]'' 595: 149–166. {{hdl. 10088/7390 {{doi. 10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  2. Bunje P. M. & Lindberg D. R. (2007). "Lineage divergence of a freshwater snail clade associated with post-Tethys marine basin development". ''[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution]]'' '''42'''(2): 373–387. {{doi. 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.026.
  3. Bandel K. (2001). "The history of ''Theodoxus'' and ''Neritina'' connected with description and systematic evaluation of related Neritimorpha (Gastropoda)". ''[[Mittelungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaontologischen Institut Universitat Hamburg]]'' '''85''': 65-164. [http://www.uni-hamburg.de/geol_pal/mangrove_print.html abstract] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-26.)
  4. [[Arthur William Baden Powell. Powell A. W. B.]], ''New Zealand Mollusca'', [[HarperCollins. William Collins Publishers Ltd]], Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN. 0-00-216906-1
  5. Bouchet, P.; Krijnen, C.; Gofas, S. (2016). ''Nerita'' Linnaeus, 1758. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2017-12-07
  6. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). ''Clithon'' Montfort, 1810. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2017-12-07
  7. Bouchet, P. (2016). ''Clypeolum''. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873719 on 2017-12-07
  8. Bouchet, P. (2016). ''Neripteron'' Lesson, 1831. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409 on 2017-12-07
  9. WoRMS (2009). Puperita Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205488 on 2010-05-03
  10. WoRMS (2009). ''Septaria''. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206410 on 2010-05-03
  11. Neubauer, Thomas A.; Bouchet, P.; Sartori, André F. (2016). ''Vitta'' Mörch, 1852. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818782 on 2017-12-07
  12. WoRMS (2009). ''Smaragdia'' Issel, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138255 on 2010-05-03

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