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Nerita (Nerita) peloronta

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita peloronta was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nerita (Nerita) peloronta by Woodring (1973) and Landau et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Nerita peloronta Linnaeus
1810Nerita peloronta Montfort
1962Nerita peloronta Weisbord p. 114
1973Nerita (Nerita) peloronta Woodring p. 465
1976Nerita peloronta Givens and Kennedy p. 960
1983Nerita peloronta Vokes p. 132
2016Nerita (Nerita) peloronta Landau et al. p. 15

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

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Diagnosis
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