Species Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758

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• Nerita chamaeleon 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].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Banda?.
• Nerita bizonalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 454, fig. 3a-b].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Nerita stella Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [1004].
• Nerita scabrella Philippi, R.A. 1848. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 13-16 [14].
• Nerita chloroleuca Philippi, R.A. 1848. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 13-16 [14].
• Nerita arabica Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Nerita. pls 1-19 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 5, fig. 20].
• Nerita annulata Reeve, L.A. 1855. Monograph of the genus Nerita. pls 1-19 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 9. [pl. 18, fig. 78a,b].
• Nerita laevilirata Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1914. Descriptions of fifteen new Japanese marine Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 33-39 [36, pl. 2, fig. 2].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Nerita (Theliostyla) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758.
• Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Limpalaer, L. 2010. Throwing light of the Neretidae. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 129(1): 31-38 [33]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), 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 Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, rocks, rocky shore, sand.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [50]

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 [177]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [73]

Limpalaer, L. 2010. Throwing light of the Neretidae. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 129(1): 31-38 [33]

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]

Morton, J.R. & Burgin, S. 1986. Distribution and abundance of Nerita (Archaeogastropoda) around Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 3 12: 133-149 [133]

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 [4]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [52]

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] (as Nerita chamaeleon 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] (Chamaeleon Nerite)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Aug-2012	NERITOIDEA	06-Aug-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Jan-2015		06-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
		28-Mar-2012	(import)