Species Vittina variegata (Lesson, 1831)
- Neritina variegata Lesson, R.P. 1831. Chap. XI. Mollusques, Annelides et Vers. pp. 239-471 in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde Executé par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 5. [378].
Type data:
Status unknown, presumed lost, New Ireland.
Generic Combinations
- Vittina variegata (Lesson, 1831). —
Eichhorst, T.E. 2016. Neritidae of the world. Harxheim : Conchbooks Vol. 1 pp. 695.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Neritina (Vittoida) variegata Lesson, 1831. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [42, pl. 2, figs 16a-b]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indo-west Pacific
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, lotic freshwater, mangrove.
Extra Ecological Information
Tidal creeks.
General References
Baker, H.B. 1923. Notes on the radula of the Neritidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 75: 117-178, pl. 9-16
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 variegata Lesson, 1831)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [42, pl. 2, figs 16a-b]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |
22-Jan-2015 | 29-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |