Neritilia

Neritilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha

Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Neritiliidae
Genus: Neritilia
von Martens, 1879[1]
Synonyms
  • Calceolata Iredale, 1918 (Replacement name for Calceolina A. Adams, 1863, non Rafinesque, 1815)
  • Calceolina A. Adams, 1863 (Invalid: junior homonym of Calceolina Rafinesque, 1815; Calceolata is a replacement name)

Neritilia is a genus of freshwater snails which live near the sea coast in submarine caves.[2] They have an operculum, and are aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritiliidae.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Neritilia include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. Martens (1879). In: Martini & Chemnitz (1879). Syst. Conch.-Cab. 2(10): 19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Neritilia Martens, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390982 on 2011-03-16

Further reading


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