Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritidae

Fluvinerita tenebricosa (C. B. Adams, 1851)
Freshwater; listed as some congeners are marine

Range: 18.5°N to 18°N; 78°W to 77.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm

Synonymy

Neritina tenebricosa C. B. Adams, 1851
Nerita alticola Pilsbry, 1932

Details

Neritina tenebricosa C. B. Adams, 1851,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 18°N ; 78°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Russell (1941) cM
Comments: Entirely freshwater.

Nerita (Fluvinerita) alticola Pilsbry, 1932, p. 12-13, figs. 1, 2a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Great River, 18½ miles from [Montego] bay, Jamaica [along border of St. James and Westmoreland Parishes], 1000 feet elevation
Range: 18.5°N ; 77.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Pilsbry (1932) NSEWM; Russell (1941) s
Comments: Entirely freshwater.

Partial List of References

Pilsbry, H. A. 1932. A Jamaican fluviatile Nerita Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 84 11-13. [True date: 03 Mar 1932.]

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