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

Neritina turrita (Gmelin, 1791)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Nerita turrita Gmelin, 1791
Neritina palmae Dall, 1885

Details

Nerita turrita Gmelin, 1791, p. 3686, [Chemnitz, 1786, pl. 124, fig. 1085]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: In insularum antillarum [in error]

Neritina reclivata var. palmae Dall, 1885b, p. 259
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Brook near Palma Sola, Florida [in error]
References: Russell (1941) c
Comments: Mislocalized Neritina turrita Gmelin, 1791, Indo-Pacific.

Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1885. Notes on some Floridian land and fresh-water shells with a revision of the Auriculacea of the Eastern United States Proceedings of the United States National Museum 8(519) 255-289, pls. 17-18. [Stated date: -- --- 1885; true date: in parts.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.

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