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Smaragdia

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Smaragdia was named by Issel (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 557]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Neritina (Smaragdia) by Maury (1917).

It was assigned to Neritina by Maury (1917); to Neritidae by Weisbord (1962), Ladd (1966), Ladd (1982) and Todd (2001); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Smaragdiinae by Gardner (1947), Perrilliat (1972), Wilson (1993) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Smaragdia Issel p. 212
1917Neritina (Smaragdia) Maury p. 316
1947Smaragdia Gardner p. 607
1962Smaragdia Weisbord p. 116
1966Smaragdia Ladd p. 58
1972Smaragdia Perrilliat p. 24
1982Smaragdia Ladd p. 28
1993Smaragdia Wilson p. 42
2001Smaragdia Todd
2002Smaragdia Sepkoski
2005Smaragdia Bouchet et al. pp. 160, 246

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilySmaragdiinaeBaker 1923
genusSmaragdiaIssel 1869

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Smaragdia Issel 1869
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Subg. †Smaragdia (Smaragdista) Iredale 1936
Smaragdia viridis Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-28 03:00:43
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:05
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (128 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India S. sp. (111542)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands S. sp. A (78029)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) S. chipolana (41760 42250 42290 42328 42366 42443 92460)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic S. viridis (131503)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. viridis (93680 131477 131499 131500 131501 131502 131504 131505 131506)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Neritina jogjacartensis (70086) S. semari (70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Marshall Islands S. jogjacartensis (77992) S. sp. A (78023)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) S. grammica (42886 111204)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria S. expansa (74652)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia S. expansa (73138)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) S. sp. (136104)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Neritina viridemaris (58816 58817) S. viridis (74934 84953 90618 93644 93686 94139 94141 99852 131367 131368 131369 131370 131371 131377 131378 131379 131380 131466 131468 131472 131473 131474 131490 131491 131508 131509 131510 131512 131513 131514 131515 131516 131517 131518 131519)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia (East Kalimantan) S. semari, S. lingsehensis (173565)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) S. semari (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia S. gelingsehensis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Palau S. eangiana, S. jogjacartensis (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands S. colei (78022) S. colei, S. jogjacartensis (77986) S. jogjacartensis (77977 77991) S. sp. A (77984 77990)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. sp. (135816)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic S. viridis (75042 84983 84984 90619 93717 93996 94006 94099 99853 131374 131386 131387 131389 131390 131392 131394 131457 131489 131494 131495 131496 131497 131498 131521 131522)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) S. sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Philippines (Bulacan) S. paulucciana (96677)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) S. viridis (41552)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. viridis (93733 93737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Neritina viridemaris (134657)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Fiji S. viridis (78108 78112 78113)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica S. sp. (69094) S. viridis (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico S. viridis (77713 77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Java) S. sp. (96670)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela S. viridis (131210 131217)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) S. sp. (79999)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Neritina viridemaris (134653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) S. viridis (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Neritina viridis (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) S. viridis (173663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) S. viridis (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain S. viridis (127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. viridis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica S. viridis (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) S. roseopicta (63355)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) S. viridis (173828)