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Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy

Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa was named by Vermeij et al. (2009). Its type specimen is NHMW 2007/018/0002, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. angystoma, N. aperta, N. asperata, N. bergadana, N. bernardi, N. bicornis, N. carolina, N. chamaeleon, N. chameleon, N. chilensis, N. circumvallata, N. delorenzoi, N. divaricata, N. emiliana, N. forskaelii, N. gigantea, N. histrio, N. ishidae, N. littoralis, N. longii, N. magdalena, N. michaillensis, N. milnesi, N. minnesotensis, N. morrisianus, N. namnetica, N. neglecta, N. nodosa, N. orbignyana, N. picea, N. plexa, N. pseudocostata, N. reticulata, N. rugosa, N. sanguinolenta, N. scabricosta, N. semilugubris, N. senegalensis, N. subgranulose, N. sulcatina, N. tampaensis, N. taramellii, N. teilhardi, N. textilies, N. textilis, N. transversa, N. undata, N. undulata, N. woodwardsi, N. antiquata, N. ishidae, N. rhenana, N. larix, N. bicoronata, N. carpatica, N. chilensis, N. ickei, N. palauensis, N. safrensis, N. chameleon

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2009	Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa Vermeij et al. p. 66 figs. figs. 4-6
2016	Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa Landau et al. p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Neritaemorpha	(Koken 1897)
superfamily	Neritoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Neritidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Neritinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Nerita	Linnaeus 1758
subgenus	Theliostyla	Mörch 1852
species	paucigranosa	Vermeij et al. 2009

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.

†Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa Vermeij et al. 2009

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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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available