Species Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nerita violacea Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3686].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [186].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Inlet next to Percival Bay.

  Type locality references:

  Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [297].

  Secondary source:

   Martens, E.C. von 1879. Die gattungen Neritina. pp. 209-303 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd 2 Abt. 10. [37].
• Neritina plumata Menke, K.T. 1830. Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur etc. Pyrmonti : Georgi Uslar 169 pp. [139].
• Neritina mitrula Menke, K.T. 1830. Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur etc. Pyrmonti : Georgi Uslar 169 pp. [48].
• Nerita intermedia Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Zoologie. Mollusques. pp. 401-416 in Bélanger, M.C. (ed.). Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Armenie et la Perse, suivide details topographiques, statistique et autre sur le Pégon, les Isles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap-de-bonne-Espérance et Sainte Hélène. Paris : Arthur Bertrand Vol. 2. [420, pl. 1, fig. 6,7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Malabar.
• Neritina cornucopia Benson, W.H. 1836. Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and freshwater shells. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 741-750 [748].
• Neritina melanostoma Troschel, F.H. 1837. Neue Süsswasser-Conchylien aus dem Ganges. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 3: 166-182 [179].
• Nerita indica Souleyet, M. 1842. Description de cinnq nouvelles espèces de nerites fluviales provenant du vouage de la Bonite. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 1842: 269 [269].
• Nerita touranensis Souleyet, M. 1842. Description de cinnq nouvelles espèces de nerites fluviales provenant du vouage de la Bonite. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 1842: 269 [269].
• Neritina exaltata Récluz, C.A. 1850. Des Néritines, section des Crepidiformes (Sandaliformes; Mitrulae, Menke, Synop. Moll. 1830). Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 58-72 [65].
• Neritina pileolus Récluz, C.A. 1850. Des Néritines, section des Crepidiformes (Sandaliformes; Mitrulae, Menke, Synop. Moll. 1830). Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 58-72 [66] [according to Kabat & Finet 1992 replacement name for Nerita intermedia Deshayes, 1834].
• Neritina (Mitrula) schläftii Mousson, A. 1874. Coquilles terrestes et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr. Alex Schläfti en Orient. Journal de Conchyliologie 22: 5-60 [49].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1956. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. V. Critical revision of the Javanese freshwater gastropods. Treubia 23: 259-477 [300]

 

Generic Combinations

• Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [273] (New combination)
• Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41, pl. 2, figs 18a-b, 19a-d]
• Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Eichhorst, T.E. 2016. Neritidae of the world. Harxheim : Conchbooks Vol. 1 pp. 695. (New combination.)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific. Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Phuket, New Caledonia, India (E), Japan, Timor (Not otherwise Specified), Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf), India (W), Philippines; Indo-Pacific (Smith, 1992).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, lotic freshwater, mangroves, marine, muddy sand.

Extra Ecological Information

Among fallen leaves in mangrove forests

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2005. Coverage: Family Neritidae. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Neritidae/Pages/neritidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 7/8/2012)

Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1956. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. V. Critical revision of the Javanese freshwater gastropods. Treubia 23: 259-477 [300]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [273]

Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. 1905. Liste des mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 85-234 [182-6]

Haynes, A. 1988. Notes of the stream neritids (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of Oceania. Micronesica 21: 93-102

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [74]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [353]

Rajagopal, A.S. & Mookherjee, H.P. 1978. Contributions to the molluscan fauna of India. Pt. I. Marine molluscs of the Coromandel Coast, Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Archaeogastropoda. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 12: 1-48 [6]

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [65] (as Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791))

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. An illustrated checklist of marine shelled gastropods from Phuket Island, adjacent mainland and offshore islands, Western Peninsula, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 21: 1-22, 259 figs [6]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41, pl. 2, figs 18a-b, 19a-d]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [74] (refers to synonym Neritina crepidularia) (Crepidula-like Neritina)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [29] (refers to synonym Neritina crepidularia) (Mud Nerite)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	06-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
22-Jan-2015	NERITOIDEA	09-Jan-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
		29-Mar-2012	MODIFIED