Species Vittina variegata (Lesson, 1831)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)
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)