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Neritidae
Family of gastropods

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. 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.

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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 2 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, 20013
  • Smaragdiinae H. B. Baker, 1923
  • † Velatinae Bandel, 20014

Genera

Genera, subgenera and species within the family Neritidae include:5

  • Bajanerita Squires, 1993
  • Calyptronerita Le Renard, 1980
  • Cuisenerita Symonds & Pacaud, 2010
  • Mesoneritina Yen, 1946
  • Monsneritina Kowalke, 2002

Subfamily Neritinae

  • Genus Bathynerita Clarke, 1989
  • Genus Mienerita Dekker, 2000
  • Genus Nerita Linnaeus, 1758 - type genus, synonyms: Turrita Wagner, 18976
    • Subgenus Adenerita
    • Subgenus Amphinerita
    • Subgenus Cymostyla
    • Subgenus Heminerita
    • Subgenus Ilynerita
    • Subgenus Linnerita
    • Subgenus Melanerita Martens, 1889
    • Subgenus Nerita
    • Subgenus Ritena
    • Subgenus Theliostyla

Subfamily † Neritariinae

  • Neritaria Koken, 1892

Subfamily Neritininae

Subfamily Smaragdiinae

  • Genus Gaillardotia Bourguignat, 1877
  • Genus Magadis Melvill & Standen, 1899
  • Genus Smaragdella Baker, 1923
  • Genus Smaragdia Issel, 186914
  • Genus Smaragoista

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)
  • 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
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References

  1. 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 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411639

  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. /wiki/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution

  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. abstract Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. /w/index.php?title=Mittelungen_aus_dem_Geologisch-Palaontologischen_Institut_Universitat_Hamburg&action=edit&redlink=1

  4. 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. abstract Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. /w/index.php?title=Mittelungen_aus_dem_Geologisch-Palaontologischen_Institut_Universitat_Hamburg&action=edit&redlink=1

  5. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 /wiki/Arthur_William_Baden_Powell

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  10. 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 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818409

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  12. 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 http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206410

  13. 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 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818782

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