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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritiliidae

Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841)


Range: 23°N to 16°N; 88.8°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7  mm

Synonymy

Nerita succinea Récluz, 1841
Neritina succinea (Récluz, 1841) 
Nerita pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1845
Neritilia guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920

Details


Nerita succinea Récluz, 1841b, p. 343, not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Madagascar [in error]; Guadaloupe
Range: 23°N to 16°N; 88.8°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Guatemala, Cuba: North Havana Province, South Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe
References: Récluz (1841b) SE; Russell (1941) DdLlW; Fernández Milera (1998) NM
Comments: Primarily a freshwater species.
Combining Genera:  Neritina

Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920a, p. 220-221, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cavech River, Guatemala, at or near high tide
Range: 16°N ; 88.8°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.7 mm
Distribution: Guatemala
References: Pilsbry (1920a) DdLlNSEWM; Russell (1941) s

Nerita pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1845, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Russell (1941) s


Partial List of References

Pilsbry, H. A. 1920. Mollusca from Central America and Mexico Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 71 212-223, pl. 11. [Stated date: -- Dec 1919; true date: 13 Mar 1920.]
Récluz, C. 1841. Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites vivantes (2e partie, suite et fin) Revue Zoologique 4 333-343. [Stated date: -- Nov 1841.]

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