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Vitta

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Vitta was named by Mörch (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Neritina (Vitta) by Woodring (1957) and Ladd (1966).

It was assigned to Neritina by Woodring (1957) and Ladd (1966); to Neritinae by Lozouet et al. (2001); to Neritidae by Todd (2001); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Vitta Mörch
1957Neritina (Vitta) Woodring p. 67
1966Neritina (Vitta) Ladd p. 57
2001Vitta Lozouet et al. p. 20
2001Vitta Todd
2002Vitta Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVittaMörch 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.

G. Vitta Mörch 1852
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Neritina duchasteli (9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9130 9132 9171 9174)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) Neritina duchasteli (9129)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany V. sp. (70002)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Neritina sp. (42614)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Neritina olssoni (60632)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Neritina oulaniensis (77937)