Species Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758
Wavy Nerite
Type data:
Status unknown, habitat in O. Asiae ad Amboinam.- Nerita undulata 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] [3678].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Nerita quadricolor 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] [3684].
Type data:
Status unknown, Mari Rubro (Red Sea). - Nerita striata Burrow, E.I. 1815. Elements of Conchology, according to the Linnean system. London : Burrow i-xv, 248 pp., pls 1-28. [172].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Nerita novaeguineae Lesson, R.P. 1830. Zoologie de la Coquille. 239-274, 16 pls in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de S. M. La Coquille, pendant les années 1822-25. Paris Vol. 2. [371].
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Status unknown, Dorery, New Guinea. - Nerita chrysostoma Récluz, C.A. 1841. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites [part 1]. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4(1): 102-109 [104].
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Status unknown, Philippines. - Nerita papuana Récluz, C.A. 1841. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites [part 1]. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4(1): 102-109 [105].
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Syntype(s) New Guinea. - Nerita flammulata Récluz, C.A. 1841. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites [part 3]. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4(6): 177-182 [180].
Type data:
Status unknown, Les iles e la mer du Sud, les Moluques?. - Nerita leguillouana Récluz, C.A. 1842. Description de plusiers espèces de Nérites nouvelles vivantes. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5(6): 177-184 [178].
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Status unknown, Malaisie et les iles Salomon. - Nerita aurantia Récluz, C.A. 1842. Description de neuf espèces de Nérites nouvelles, suivie d'observations sur les Nerita cornea et dubia. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 5(3): 73-79 [73].
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Holotype MHNG 1297/2, Philippines. - Nerita spengleriana Récluz, C.A. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Navicella, Neritina, Nerita and Natica, in the cabinet of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11(130): 197-214 [201].
- Nerita costulata Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [86, pl. 1, fig. 8] [Von Dem Busch in Philippi 1844].
- Nerita marmorata Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp. [pl. 16, fig. 14-17].
- Nerita tongaensis Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp. [pl. 16, fig. 18].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Nerita savieana 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. 8, fig. 37].
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Status unknown, New Ireland. - Nerita oleagina 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. 10, s47].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Nerita grisea 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. 19a,b].
- Nerita funiculata 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. 2, fig. 9].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Nerita (Ritena) undata Linnaeus, 1758.
- Nerita (Cymostyla) undata Linnaeus, 1758. —
Limpalaer, L. 2010. Throwing light of the Neretidae. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 129(1): 31-38 [35]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
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), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, rocks, supratidal.
Extra Ecological Information
At or near high tide line along the tidal flats and rocky beach.
General References
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [28]
Limpalaer, L. 2010. Throwing light of the Neretidae. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 129(1): 31-38 [35]
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 [107]
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]
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 [21-7]
Ruwa, R.K. & Jaccarini, V. 1988. Nocturnal feeding migrations of Nerita plicata, N. undata and N. textilis (Prosobranchia: Neritacea) on the rocky shores at Mkomani, Mombasa, Kenya. Marine Biology 99: 229-234 [229]
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 [6]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41, pl. 2, figs 7a-c] (as Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [84] (Wavy Nerite)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-Aug-2012 | NERITOIDEA | 06-Aug-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
29-Mar-2012 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
28-Mar-2012 | (import) |