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Nerita

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R Sepkoski's reference number: 615]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Naticopsis (Nerita) by Shumard and Swallow (1858).

It was assigned to Naticopsis by Shumard and Swallow (1858); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Neritinae by MacNeil (1960), Woodring (1973), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Dockery (1993), Wilson (1993), Saul and Squires (1997), Squires and Saul (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau et al. (2016); and to Neritidae by Nagao (1928), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Weisbord (1962), Ladd (1966), Addicott (1970), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Petuch (1988), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Symonds (2002), Bandel and Kiel (2003), Squires and Saul (2005) and Devries (2019).

Species
N. (Amphinerita) (syn. Odontostoma), N. (Bajanerita), N. (Chingua), N. (Linnerita), N. (Nerita), N. (Ritena), N. (Theliostyla), N. (Trochonerita), N. atramentosa (syn. N. saturata, N. melanotragus, N. atrata), N. balteata (syn. N. lineata), N. beali, N. biangulata, N. compacta, N. conoidea, N. cooki, N. costata, N. decorata, N. deformis, N. filosa, N. globosa, N. granulosa, N. hadra, N. helicina, N. klipsteini, N. listrota, N. malheiroi, N. mammaria, N. multigranosa, N. munita, N. oligopleura, N. ornata, N. ornata, N. orovillensis, N. oviformis, N. palaeomorpha, N. planospira, N. pulligera, N. reticulirata, N. rumphi, N. salsa, N. semilevis, N. squamulata, N. squatina, N. subgranulosa, N. tessellata, N. tricarinata, N. undata, N. versicolor, N. violacea, N. vokesi
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. bergadana, N. chilensis, N. crooki, N. divaricata, N. ishidae, N. magdalena, N. reticulata, N. safrensis, N. teilhardi, N. transversa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Nerita Linnaeus
1858Naticopsis (Nerita) Shumard and Swallow p. 202
1928Nerita Nagao p. 117
1935Nerita Oostingh p. 5
1938Nerita Turner p. 95
1944Nerita Durham p. 155
1960Nerita MacNeil p. 34
1962Nerita Weisbord p. 111
1966Nerita Ladd p. 55
1970Nerita Addicott p. 45
1973Nerita Woodring p. 466
1976Nerita Givens and Kennedy p. 960
1984Nerita Squires p. 16
1987Nerita Squires p. 23
1988Nerita Petuch p. 151
1993Nerita Dockery p. 43
1993Nerita Wilson p. 39
1997Nerita Saul and Squires pp. 132 - 133
2001Nerita Todd
2002Nerita Harzhauser p. 67
2002Nerita Sepkoski
2002Nerita Squires and Saul p. 181
2002Nerita Symonds p. 1
2003Nerita Bandel and Kiel p. 54
2004Nerita Harzhauser p. 105
2005Nerita Bouchet et al. pp. 115, 246
2005Nerita Squires and Saul p. 136
2016Nerita Landau et al. p. 15
2019Nerita Devries p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusNeritaLinnaeus 1758

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. Nerita Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Nerita (Amphinerita) Martens 1887
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†Nerita (Amphinerita) eos Saul and Squires 1997
†Nerita (Amphinerita) gouetensis Symonds and Pacaud 2010
†Nerita (Amphinerita) vacca Saul and Squires 1997
Invalid names: Odontostoma Mörch 1852 [replaced]
Subg. †Nerita (Bajanerita) Squires 1993
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†Nerita (Bajanerita) banosensis Squires and Saul 2002
†Nerita (Bajanerita) larix Saul and Squires 1997
Subg. †Nerita (Chingua) Clark and Durham 1946
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†Nerita (Chingua) chinguensis Clark and Durham 1946
Subg. Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij 1984
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Subg. Nerita (Nerita) Linnaeus 1758
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†Nerita (Nerita) caronis Brongniart 1823
†Nerita (Nerita) rugulosa Vermeij et al. 2009
Subg. Nerita (Ritena) Gray 1858
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†Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Nerita plicata Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Subg. Nerita (Theliostyla) Mörch 1852
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†Nerita (Theliostyla) alternans Bonci et al. 2000
†Nerita (Theliostyla) fortidentata Vermeij and Collins 1988
†Nerita (Theliostyla) kennedyi Squires and Saul 2002
†Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana Bonci et al. 2000
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Invalid names: Nerita martiniana Niatheron 1842 [synonym]
†Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa Vermeij et al. 2009
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Invalid names: Nerita intermedia Grateloup 1840 [synonym], Nerita subintermedia Orbigny 1852 [synonym]
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†Nerita triangulata oregonensis Merriam and Turner 1937
Invalid names: Nerita cowlitzensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym], Nerita washingtoniana Weaver and Palmer 1922 [synonym]
Subg. †Nerita (Trochonerita) Cossmann 1907
†Nerita atramentosa Reeve 1855
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Invalid names: Nerita atrata Gmelin 1791 [synonym], Nerita melanotragus Smith 1884 [synonym], Nerita saturata Hutton 1884 [synonym]
†Nerita balteata Reeve 1855
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Invalid names: Nerita lineata Gmelin 1791 [synonym]
†Nerita beali Loel and Corey 1932
†Nerita biangulata Dickerson 1914
†Nerita compacta Forbes 1846
†Nerita conoidea Lamarck 1804
†Nerita cooki Clark 1938
†Nerita costata Gmelin 1791
†Nerita decorata Münster 1841
†Nerita deformis Gabb 1864
Nerita filosa Reeve 1855
†Nerita globosa Philippi 1855
†Nerita granulosa Deshayes 1824
†Nerita hadra Woodring 1973
†Nerita helicina Brocchi 1814
†Nerita klipsteini Hoernes 1855
†Nerita listrota Woodring 1973
†Nerita malheiroi Choffat 1888
†Nerita mammaria Lamarck 1804
†Nerita multigranosa von Koenen 1897
†Nerita munita Forbes 1846
†Nerita oligopleura Dall and Oschner 1928
†Nerita ornata Forbes 1846
†Nerita ornata Stephenson 1953
†Nerita orovillensis Squires and Saul 2005
†Nerita oviformis Forbes 1846
†Nerita palaeomorpha Gemmellaro 1889
†Nerita planospira Anton 1839
Nerita pulligera Linnaeus 1767
†Nerita reticulirata Dockery 1993
Nerita rumphi Recluz 1841
†Nerita salsa Saul and Squires 1997
†Nerita semilevis Stephenson 1953
†Nerita squamulata Le Guillou 1841
†Nerita squatina Devries 2019
†Nerita subgranulosa Nagao 1928
†Nerita tessellata Gmelin 1791
†Nerita tricarinata Lamarck 1804
†Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758
Nerita versicolor Gmelin 1791
†Nerita violacea Gmelin 1791
†Nerita vokesi Durham 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.00

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 Wordian to the top of the Holocene or 266.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 264.28 Ma

Collections (275 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy N. palaeomorpha (108672)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Alaska) N. sp. (112343)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Naticopsis klipsteini (205174)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy N. decorata (137429)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany N. sp. (23817)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) N. reticulata (225402)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) N. pseudocostata (220497)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Tanzania N. sp. (35507)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania N. transversa (79253)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal N. sulcatina (7075) N. transversa (8674)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal N. bicornis (67908 67909 67910 67933 67934 67935) N. sulcatina (67943)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal N. sp. (68234)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal N. sp. (8170) N. sp., N. transversa (7896)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Lebanon N. littoralis (34869)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) N. sp. (77058)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary N. sp. (25152)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal N. sp. (65675)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0USA (California) N. eos (220302)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal N. sp. (73556)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France N. michaillensis (2178)