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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritidae

Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822


Range: 22°N to 24°S; 89°W to 43°W
Depth: 0 to 0.6 m (live 0 to 0.6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.7  mm

Synonymy

Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822
Neritella meleagris (Lamarck, 1822) 
Theodoxus meleagris (Lamarck, 1822) 
Nerita pulchella W. Wood, 1828

Details


Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822a, p. 187, [Chemnitz, 1786, pl. 124, figs. D. L.]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Saint-Domingue, dans les rivières
Range: 22°N to 24°S; 89°W to 43°W
Depth: 0 to 0.6 m (live 0 to 0.6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.7 mm
Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, North Camaguey; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Dominica, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Lamarck (1822a) M; E. A. Andrews (1940b) {N}; Russell (1941) SEW; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) N; Princz (1982a); Robinson & Montoya (1987) {W}; Fernández Milera (1998)
Combining Genera:  Neritella Theodoxus

Nerita pulchella W. Wood, 1828, p. 26, 45 (as Neritina), pl. 8, fig. 18
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gray
Type Locality: West Indies
References: Russell (1941) s


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 6(2) [iii] + 232 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Apr 1822.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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