Nerita versicolorGmelin, 1791, p. 3684, [Argenville pl. 7, fig. et & c.; Chemnitz 1781, pl. 191, figs. 1962-1963] [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Meuschen (1787) Type Locality: insulas Antillas Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 59.6°W Depth: -1 to 0 m (live -1 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla la Blanquilla, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad References: Dautzenberg (1900); Russell (1941) {M}; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; J. B. Lewis (1960) E; Voss & Voss (1960) l; Rice & Kornicker (1962) W; Díaz & Puyana (1994); Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004); Redfern (2001) M Comments: C. W. Johnson (1890) 29.9°N in Florida; record from Para, Brazil by Russell (1941) needs confirmation.
Nerita flammeaGmelin, 1791, p. 3685, [Chemnitz, 1781, pl. 192, fig. 1992-1993] [Synonym] Type Locality: insulas Americae mediae
Nerita versicolor var. nigrocinctaUsticke, 1959, p. 32, pl. 2, fig. 14 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Croix [Christiansted Harbor (Usticke 1971)] Range: 18°N to 12°N; 65°W to 59.6°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, Antigua, Dominica, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago References: Usticke (1959) WM; Usticke (1969) NSE; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s Comments: Non Röding, 1798; Usticke in the original description of this form says 'I do not consider these differences to be more than sub specific at the most', therefore the name is available under ICZN Article 45.6.1, contrary to the statement of Boyko & Cordeiro (2001: 154).
Nerita selotRécluz, 1850a, p. 284, [Adanson 1757, pl. 13, fig. 4] [Synonymy uncertain] Attributed to: Adanson (1757) Type Locality: 'Sénégal, Antilles' References: Martens (1888:67) s
Nerita striatad'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 50-51, [Argenville pl. 7, fig. x; Favanne pl. 10, fig. s; Chemnitz, 1781, pl. 192, fig. 1992-95 ...] [Synonym] Attributed to: Chemnitz (1781) Type Locality: Florida; Cuba; Martinique Range: 20°N to 10.7°N; 74°W to 61°W Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon; Cuba, Antigua, Dominica, Martinique References: d'Orbigny (1842b) NEWM; Higgins & Marrat (1877) S; Pilsbry (1888) s
Nerita tricolorGmelin, 1791, p. 3686, [Adanson, pl. 13, fig. 4] [Synonym] Type Locality: Senegal References: Pilsbry (1888) s
Nerita variegataMörch, 1852, p. 169, [Chemnitz, 1781, pl. 191, fig. 1962-63] [Synonym] Attributed to: Chemnitz (1781) Type Locality: Antilles References: Karsten (1789); Dillwyn (1817) s; Arango (1880); Pilsbry (1888) s
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.] Récluz, C. 1850. Notice sur le genre Nérita et sur le S.-G. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines Journal de Conchyliologie 1 131-164, 282-288, pls. 3, 7. Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
