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Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Neritidae - Nerites »  genus Neritina

IUCN category 2018-1:
Least Concern LC

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Neritina virginea

Author: Rehder, H.A.

Neritina virginea

Author: Anonymus

Neritina virginea

Author: Tunnell et al.

Neritina virginea

Author: Massemin, D. et al

Neritina virginea

Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.

Neritina virginea

Author: Caetano, C.H.S. et al.

Neritina virginea

Author: Massemin, D. et al

Taxon in country check-lists*

Atlantic Ocean, Africa: São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, North America: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, United States of America (Florida, Texas), South America: Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Virgin Islands

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Description

Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Virgin Nerite
Distribution: Florida to Texas; West Indies; Bermuda; Brazil. Size: 12 mm.
Description: Color and mottlings highly variable, dominant color may be olive, white, red, black, or purple with spots, stripes, waves, or lines, parietal shelf swollen and yellowish; shape small, globular with large body whorl; shell glossy, smooth; aperture semilunar with a variable number of small, irregular teeth on the inner edge; operculum calcareous, smooth.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [189436]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Neritina virginea Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Neritina virginea (LINNÉ, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
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