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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritidae

Neritina piratica Russell, 1940


Range: 22°N to 3°S; 89°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 0.1 m (live 0 to 0.1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24  mm

Synonymy

Neritina listeri auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840
Neritina piratica Russell, 1940

Details


Neritina piratica Russell, 1940, p. 259-260, pl. 46, figs. 3-4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Wounta Lagoon, Nicaragua
Range: 22°N to 3°S; 89°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 0.1 m (live 0 to 0.1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Granma; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Piaui
References: Russell (1940) SEW; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) N; Usticke (1959) {E}M; Cosel (1986) L; Robinson & Montoya (1987) {W}; Fernández Milera (1998)

Neritina listeri auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840, 
[Not available]
References: Russell (1940) s
Comments: Misidentification by Sowerby (1855, fig. 249 only).


Partial List of References

Russell, H. D. 1940. Some new Neritidae from the West Indies Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 14 257-262, pl. 46. [Stated date: 31 Dec 1940.]

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