Subgenus Neritina (Neritina) Lamarck, 1816

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neritina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. 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. 455].

  Type species:

   Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Children, J.G. 1823. Lamarck's genera of shells, translated from French. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts 15: 216-258 [247]; Stiles, C.W. 1931. Opinions rendered by the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature, Opinions 115 to 123. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(7): 1-31 [23] (Opinion 119).

 

Introduction

Neritina first latinised by Rafinesque (1815) in the synonymy of Laphrostoma, but the Rafinesque name is unavailable because it was then still a nomen nudum.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical areas

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Annals of Nature or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc. discovered in North America by C.S. Rafinesque. First annual number for 1820. Lexington : C.S. Rafinesque 16 pp. [144]

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. [64] (as Neritina Rafinesque, 1815)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41] (as Neritina Lamarck, 1816)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jan-2015	NERITOIDEA	14-Oct-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Jan-2015		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
28-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)