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Nerita (Theliostyla)

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita (Theliostyla) was named by Mörch (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn R]. It is extant. Its type is Nerita albicilla.

It was reranked as Theliostyla by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nerita by Mörch (1852), Gabb (1869), Ladd (1966), Addicott (1970), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Vokes (1983), Cushing Woods and Saul (1986), Squires (1987), Petuch (1988), Todd (2001), Squires and Saul (2002), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Mandic and Steininger (2003), Harzhauser (2004), Landau et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla, Nerita (Theliostyla) alternans, Nerita (Theliostyla) chamaeleon, Nerita (Theliostyla) exuvioides, Nerita (Theliostyla) fortidentata, Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans, Nerita (Theliostyla) funiculata, Nerita (Theliostyla) joaquinensis, Nerita (Theliostyla) kennedyi, Nerita (Theliostyla) lindae, Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana (syn. Nerita martiniana), Nerita (Theliostyla) paucigranosa, Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis (syn. Nerita subintermedia, Nerita intermedia), Nerita (Theliostyla) semirugosa, Nerita (Theliostyla) triangulata (syn. Nerita cowlitzensis, Nerita washingtoniana)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Nerita angystoma, Nerita antiquata, Nerita aperta, Nerita asperata, Nerita bergadana, Nerita bernardi, Nerita bicornis, Nerita bicoronata, Nerita carolina, Nerita carpatica, Nerita chamaeleon, Nerita chameleon, Nerita chameleon, Nerita chilensis, Nerita chilensis, Nerita circumvallata, Nerita delorenzoi, Nerita divaricata, Nerita emiliana, Nerita forskaelii, Nerita gigantea, Nerita histrio, Nerita ickei, Nerita ishidae, Nerita ishidae, Nerita larix, Nerita littoralis, Nerita longii, Nerita magdalena, Nerita michaillensis, Nerita milnesi, Nerita minnesotensis, Nerita morrisianus, Nerita namnetica, Nerita neglecta, Nerita nodosa, Nerita orbignyana, Nerita palauensis, Nerita picea, Nerita plexa, Nerita pseudocostata, Nerita reticulata, Nerita rhenana, Nerita rugosa, Nerita safrensis, Nerita sanguinolenta, Nerita scabricosta, Nerita semilugubris, Nerita senegalensis, Nerita subgranulose, Nerita sulcatina, Nerita tampaensis, Nerita taramellii, Nerita teilhardi, Nerita textilies, Nerita textilis, Nerita transversa, Nerita undata, Nerita undulata, Nerita woodwardsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Nerita (Theliostyla) Mörch
1869Nerita (Theliostyla) Gabb p. 170
1966Nerita (Theliostyla) Ladd p. 56
1970Nerita (Theliostyla) Addicott p. 45
1976Nerita (Theliostyla) Givens and Kennedy p. 960
1983Nerita (Theliostyla) Vokes p. 132
1986Nerita (Theliostyla) Cushing Woods and Saul p. 649
1987Nerita (Theliostyla) Squires p. 23
1988Nerita (Theliostyla) Petuch p. 151
2001Nerita (Theliostyla) Todd
2002Nerita (Theliostyla) Harzhauser p. 67
2002Nerita (Theliostyla) Harzhauser et al.
2002Theliostyla Sepkoski
2002Nerita (Theliostyla) Squires and Saul
2003Nerita (Theliostyla) Mandic and Steininger p. 270
2004Nerita (Theliostyla) Harzhauser p. 105
2016Nerita (Theliostyla) Landau et al. p. 16

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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
subgenusTheliostylaMörch 1852

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.

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]
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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) Nerita n. sp.(?) (220401)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Nerita triangulata (78722)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Nerita triangulata (200891)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Nerita kennedyi (220402) Nerita triangulata (16712 200657 200659 200729 200731 200733 200734 228148) Nerita triangulata, Nerita kennedyi (220403)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Nerita triangulata (200874 200886 200892 200911 200914 201040)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Nerita triangulata (202082 202090)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Nerita cowlitzensis (52205) Nerita washingtoniana, Nerita cowlitzensis (207129)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Nerita cowlitzensis (202067)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy Nerita plutonis, Nerita alternans, Nerita martiniana (180394)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Greece Nerita plutonis (76195)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Nerita plutonis (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Nerita plutonis (77622 77624)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Nerita fulgurans (60144 60708)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Nerita martiniana (178108 178110)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Nerita martiniana (178112 178116)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Nerita exuvioides (58676)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Nerita exuvioides (92600)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Nerita exuvioides (60402)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Fiji Nerita sp. A (78059)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Nerita chamaeleon (42166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Nerita semirugosa (68180 68181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Nerita chameleon (70079) Nerita chameleon, Nerita albicilla (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Nerita fulgurans (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Nerita fulgurans (93612)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Nerita albicilla (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Nerita albicilla (101416 101417)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Nerita fulgurans (131268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Nerita funiculata (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Nerita chamaeleon (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Nerita albicilla (192720) Nerita albicilla, Nerita albicilla (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Nerita albicilla (81079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Nerita albicilla (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nerita albicilla (96789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Nerita funiculata (160394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Nerita fulgurans (131223)