Species Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758

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• Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [779, no. 640].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Amboyne.
• Nerita imperfecta Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [18, no. 222].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Nerita venusta Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [86, Nerita pl. 1, fig. 11] [Dunker in Philippi 1844].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Nerita ustulata Sowerby, G.B. 1883. Monograph of the genus Nerita. pls 463-468 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London : Sowerby. [pl. 468, fig. 122].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Nerita (Natere) albicilla Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Gray, J.E. 1858. Observations on the genus Nerita and its operculum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 92-94 [94, fig. 6]
• Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(IX-XV) pp. 257-484, pls 33-60. [380]
• Nerita (Theliostyla) albicella sic. —
  Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(IX-XV) pp. 257-484, pls 33-60. [380]
• Nerita albicola sic. —
  Dall, W.H. & Elliot, D.G. 1898. List of a collection of shells from the Gulf of Aden obtained by the museum's East African expedition. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series 1(9): 187-189 [189]
• Nerita chamaeleon auct. —
  Tadjalli-Pour, M. 1974. Contribution a l'etude de la systematique et de la repartition des mollusques des cotes Iraniennes du Golfe Persique. Academie de Montpellier : Universite du Languedoc 224 pp., I-XV pts., 25 pls. [56, pl. 20, figs 23, 25]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, herbivore, intertidal, marine, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

On the reef flat; grazing algae from stones and rocks at high tide; hiding under stones at low tide.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2005. Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Neritidae/Pages/Nerita_albicilla.htm (date accessed 6/8/2012)

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]

Crandall, E.D., Frey, M.A., Grosberg, R.K. & Barber, P.H. 2008. Contrasting demographic history and phylogeographical patterns in two Indo-Pacific gastropods. Molecular Ecology 17: 611-626 [611-624]

Dufo, M.H. 1840. Observations sur les Mollusques marins, terrestres et fluviatiles des iles Séchelles et des Amirantes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 14, Zoologie: 45–80 (extrait), 166–221(suite) [194]

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 1. Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3(7): 395–488, 49 text figs [Date published March 6] [409]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [72]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [37]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [67]

Limpalaer, L. 2010. Throwing light of the Neretidae. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 129(1): 31-38 [5]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [106-7]

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]

Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [94]

Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [14]

Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [20]

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]

Schepman, M.M. 1908. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga-Expéditie Report 49a(1): pp. 1-108, 9 pls [3-4]

Smith, E.A. 1891. On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with some remarks upon the relationship of the Molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 390–436 [419]

Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [617]

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. [40, pl. 2, figs 12a-c] (as Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758)

 

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. [73] (Tubercular Nerite)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [82] (White Mouthed Nerite)

Nateewathana, A. 1995. Taxonomic account of commercial and edible molluscs, excluding cephalopods, of Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 15: 93-116 [94] (Ox-palate Nerite Or Hoi Nam Prik (Th.))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jan-2015	NERITOIDEA	09-Jan-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
		28-Mar-2012	(import)