Nerita

Nerita
A live Nerita tessellata on a rock in Guadeloupe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritinae
Genus: Nerita
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita (Adenerita) Dekker, 2000 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Amphinerita) Martens, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Argonerita) Frey & Vermeij, 2008 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Cymostyla) Martens, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Heminerita) Martens, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Ilynerita) Martens, 1887 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Lepidonerita) Vermeij, 1984 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij, 1984 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Lisanerita) Krijnen, 2002 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Nerita) Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Odontostoma) Mörch, 1852 (preoccupied by Odontostoma Turton, 1829)
  • Nerita (Peloronta) Oken, 1815
  • Nerita (Pila) Mörch, 1852 (objective junior synonym; preoccupied by Pila Röding, 1798)
  • Nerita (Ritena) Gray, 1858 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Tenare) Gray, 1858 (objective junior synonym)
  • Nerita (Theliostyla) Mörch, 1852 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Neritites Schlotheim, 1820 (invalid under Art. 20: name established for fossils, formed by adding the suffix -ites to the genus name Nerita.)
  • Puperita (Heminerita) Martens, 1887 (superseded combination)
  • Ritena Gray, 1858
  • Theliostyla Mörch, 1852
  • Turrita Wagner, 1897

Nerita is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1]

This is the type genus of the family Neritidae.

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2021-09-20