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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritidae

Neritina usnea (Röding, 1798)


Range: 34.5°N to 9.5°N; 97.38°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 1.5 m (live 0 to 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24  mm

Synonymy

Nerita usnea Röding, 1798
Neritina lineolata Lamarck, 1816
Theodoxus reclivatus Say, 1822
Neritina reticulata Cristofori & Jan, 1832
Nerita striolata auct. non Recluz, 1841
Nerita microstoma d'Orbigny, 1842
Neritina gravis Morelet, 1849
Neritina jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1851
Neritina floridana Reeve, 1855
Neritina rotundata Martens, 1865
Neritina sphaera Pilsbry, 1931

Details


Nerita usnea Röding, 1798, p. 16, [Lister, pl. 605, fig. 33]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 34.5°N to 18°N; 77°W
References: Porter (1974) N
Comments: Primarily a freshwater species.

Neritina floridana Reeve, 1855d,  pl. 18, fig. 85a-b
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Shuttleworth MS
Type Locality: Florida
Distribution: USA: Florida
References: Dall (1885b) s

Neritina gravis Morelet, 1849, 
[Synonym]

Neritina jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1851b, p. 175, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1851b) NSEWM; Russell (1941) s (of N. reclivata)

Neritina lineolata Lamarck, 1816,  pl. 455, figs. 4a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Nerita (Neritina) microstoma d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 48-49, pl. 17, figs. 36-36'
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Martinique
Range: 14.5°N ; 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Martinique
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) NSEWM Dall (1885b) s

Theodoxus reclivatus Say, 1822a, p. 257-258
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. John's River, East Florida, from mouth to Fort Picolata
Range: 30.3°N to 9.5°N; 97.38°W to 62°W
Depth: 0 to 1.5 m (live 0 to 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State; Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Granma; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: Say (1822a) M; Russell (1941) SE; Cooley (1978) N; Princz (1982a); Mienis (1985) s; Cosel (1986) L{S}; Lyons (1989b) dM; Reguero & García-Cubas (1991) {W}; Reguero et al. (1991) W; Fernández Milera (1998)

Neritina reticulata Cristofori & Jan, 1832b, p. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [America Meridionale (Cristofori & Jan (1832a)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Cristofori & Jan (1832b) M; Pilsbry (1888) s

Neritina rotundata Martens, 1865, 
[Synonym]

Neritina reclivata sphaera Pilsbry, 1931, p. 67-68, pl. 3, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: drainage canals from Lake Okeechobee, Florida, a few miles from the Atlantic
Range: 27°N ; 80.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida
References: Pilsbry (1931) NSEWM; Russell (1941) s (of N. reclivata)

Nerita striolata auct. non Recluz, 1841, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification; incorrectly synonymized by Martens (1877:120); N. striolata is a synonymy of Neritina smithi (Wood, 1828) fide Russell (1941).


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1851. Descriptions of new fresh-water shells which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 9 174-175. [Stated date: -- Apr 1851.]
Cristofori, [J]. and [G]. Jan. 1832. Mantissa in Secundam Partem Catalogi Testaceorum Exstantium in Collectione quam Possident de-Cristofori et Jan  4 pp. Parmae.
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.]
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Rčgnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1931. A new race of Neritina reclivata Say Nautilus 45 67-68, pl. 3. [Stated date: -- Oct 1931; true date: pre Oct 20.]
Reeve, L. 1855. Monograph of the genus Neritina Conchologia Iconica 9 pls. 2-26
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Say, T. 1822. An account of some of the marine shells of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 221-248, 257-276, 302-325. [Stated date: -- Jun 1822; true date: -- Jul 1822.]

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