Neverita

Neverita
A model of a live Neverita duplicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Neverita
Risso, 1826
Type species
Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica (Neverita)
  • Neverita (Neverita) Risso, 1826· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polinices (Neverita) Risso, 1826
  • Uber (Neverita) Risso, 1826

Neverita is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails [2][1]

The type species of this genus is Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826.

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138241 on 2012-07-12
  2. ^ Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.