Nerita signata

Species of gastropod

Nerita signata
Nerita signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species:
N. signata
Binomial name
Nerita signata
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita petechialis Mörch, 1852
  • Nerita pygmaea Martens, 1889
  • Nerita reticulata Karsten, 1789 (unavailable: published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1877)
  • Nerita reticulata var. pygmaea Martens, 1889 (junior synonym)
  • Nerita rudis Wood, 1828
  • Nerita samoensis Dunker, 1869
  • Nerita siquata [sic] (misspelling)

Nerita signata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Papua New Guinea

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Krijnen, C. (2014). Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216261 on 30 May 2014
  2. ^ Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
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  • Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
  • Martens, E. von. (1856-1889). Die Gattungen Nerita und Neritopsis. In: W. Kobelt, Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes elfte Abtheilung. 2 (11): 1-147, plates A, 1-15. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe
  • Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8,
  • Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques.
  • Dunker, W. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV. Hamburg. xxxix, 139 pp
Taxon identifiers
Nerita signata


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