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Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Neritina (Smaragdia) viridemaris was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Neritina viridemaris by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris by Woodring (1928) and Perrilliat (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grammica, S. eangiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Neritina (Smaragdia) viridemaris Maury p. 316
1922Neritina viridemaris Olsson p. 159
1928Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris Woodring p. 426
1972Smaragdia (Smaragdia) viridis viridemaris Perrilliat p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilySmaragdiinaeBaker 1923
genusSmaragdiaIssel 1869
subgenusSmaragdiaIssel 1869
speciesviridis(Linnaeus 1758)
subspeciesviridemaris(Maury 1917)

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.

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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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Neritina viridemaris (58816 58817)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Neritina viridemaris (134657)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Neritina viridemaris (134653)