Nerita fulguransGmelin, 1791, p. 3685, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 192, figs. 1996-1997] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: 'insulas Americae' Range: 32.3°N to 6°S; 97°W to 35°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte References: Dautzenberg (1900); Russell (1941); Odé (1985) {M}; Fernández Milera (1998); Costa et al (2001) T; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Redfern (2001) M Comments: J. Andrews (1977) 28°N in Texas. Neotype designation by Costa et al. (2001) is invalid because authors did not demonstrate that a name bearing type was necessary to define the taxon objectively (ICZN Article 75.1).
Nerita albipunctataReeve, 1855c, pl. 13, fig. 61a-b [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 13.3°N ; 61.3°W Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEW; Pilsbry (1888) s
Nerita antillarumGmelin, 1791, p. 3685, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 192, fig. 1987] [Synonym] Type Locality: 'insulas Antillas' References: Russell (1941) s
Nerita (Theliostyla) lindaePetuch, 1988, p. 151, pl. 30, figs. 4, 5, 11 [Synonym] Type Locality: Eastern side of Peanut Island, opposite Palm Beach Inlet, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida Range: 27°N to 19°N; 80°W to 71°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Dominican Republic References: Wagner & van Peursen (1994) sSE; Costa et al. (2001) s
Nerita nigreolaRöding, 1798, p. 20, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 192, fig. 1987] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Nerita praecognitaC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 7, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 26.7 mm Distribution: Jamaica; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSWM; Dall & Simpson (1901) E
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Petuch, E. J. 1988. Neogene history of tropical American mollusks [vi] + 217, 39 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [Stated date: 15 Dec 1988.] Reeve, L. 1855. Monograph of the genus Nerita Conchologia Iconica 9 pls. 1-19 [Stated date: -- Aug 1855.] Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
