Biology:Neritilia succinea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Neritilia succinea
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.150367 - Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841) - Neritiliidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Neritilia succinea shells
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritiliidae
Genus: Neritilia
Species:
N. succinea
Binomial name
Neritilia succinea
(Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Nerita succinea Récluz, 1841 (original combination)
  • Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920
  • Neritina pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1845 (junior synonym)

Neritilia succinea is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritiliidae.[1]

Subspecies Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica.;[2] also off Guadeloupe.

References

  1. Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  2. (in German) Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, 90: 221–340. PDF.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Diez-García Y.L. (2017). El género Neritilia von Martens, 1879 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritilidae) en Cuba, con la descripción de dos nuevas especies. Avicennia. 20: 49–52.
  • Robart, G., Mandahl-Barth, G. & Ripert, C. (1977). Inventaire, repartition geographique et ecologie des mollusques dulcaquicoles d'Haiti (Caraibes). Haliotis. 8: 159–171.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13682098 entry