Neverita
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| A model of a live Neverita duplicata | |
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| Five views of a shell of Neverita josephinia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Naticoidea |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Neverita Risso, 1826 |
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| Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 |
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Neverita is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails [1][2]
The type species of this genus is Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826.
Species
Species within the genus Neverita include:
- Neverita albumen (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843) [3]
- Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) [3]
- Neverita lewisii (Gould, 1847) [4][5]
- Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 Huelsken, T. et al. (2008) The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Isola del Giglio (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa, 1770:1-40.</ref>
- Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1908): synonym of Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
- Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Neverita hayashii Azuma, 1961: synonym of Glossaulax didyma hayashii (Azuma, 1961)
- Neverita hosoyai Kira, 1959: synonym of Glossaulax didyma hosoyai (Kira, 1959)
- Neverita nana (Møller, 1842): synonym of Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842)
- Neverita peselephanti (Link, 1807): synonym of Polinices peselephanti (Link, 1807)
- Neverita pilula Locard, 1897: synonym of Neverita obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885)
- Neverita politiana (Dall, 1919): synonym of Lunatia pallida (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839): synonym of Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
- Neverita robusta Dunker, 1860: synonym of Glossaulax didyma ampla (Philippi, 1849)
- Neverita secta Gabb, 1864: synonym of Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
References
- ^ Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138241 on 2012-07-12
- ^ a b Huelsken T. et al. 2006. Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa, 1257:1-25.
- ^ Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2013) World Register Of Marine Species - Neverita lewisii (WoRMS) [1]
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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