Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Alternative spelling: Chingua
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Parent taxon: Nerita according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Nerita (Amphinerita), Nerita (Bajanerita), Nerita (Linnerita), Nerita (Nerita), Nerita (Ritena), Nerita (Theliostyla), Nerita (Trochonerita), Nerita atramentosa, Nerita balteata, Nerita beali, Nerita biangulata, Nerita compacta, Nerita conoidea, Nerita cooki, Nerita costata, Nerita crooki, Nerita decorata, Nerita deformis, Nerita filosa, Nerita globosa, Nerita granulosa, Nerita hadra, Nerita helicina, Nerita klipsteini, Nerita listrota, Nerita malheiroi, Nerita mammaria, Nerita multigranosa, Nerita munita, Nerita oligopleura, Nerita ornata, Nerita ornata, Nerita orovillensis, Nerita oviformis, Nerita palaeomorpha, Nerita planospira, Nerita pulligera, Nerita reticulirata, Nerita rumphi, Nerita salsa, Nerita semilevis, Nerita squamulata, Nerita squatina, Nerita subgranulosa, Nerita tessellata, Nerita tricarinata, Nerita undata, Nerita versicolor, Nerita violacea, Nerita vokesi
Subtaxa: Nerita (Chingua) chinguensis
Type: Chingua chinguensis
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 7743 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)