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Nerita
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Neritopsina
Superfamily:
Neritacea
Family:
Neritaridae
Subfamily:
Neritarinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nerita LINNÉ, 1758
Type Species:
N. peloronta, SD MONTFORT, 1810
Images
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Fig. 185,1. *N. peloronta, Rec., W.Indies, X1 (147).
Synonyms
Neritarius, Dontostoma, Tenare
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Sturdy shells, smooth to spirally ribbed, inner lip septum well developed, its surface (labial area) commonly pustulose or irregularly ribbed. Mainly marine. [Mainly marine.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Neritopsina
Superfamily:
Neritacea
Family:
Neritaridae
Subfamily:
Neritarinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nerita LINNÉ, 1758
Type Species:
N. peloronta, SD MONTFORT, 1810
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 185,1. *N. peloronta, Rec., W.Indies, X1 (147).
Synonyms
Neritarius, Dontostoma, Tenare
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Sturdy shells, smooth to spirally ribbed, inner lip septum well developed, its surface (labial area) commonly pustulose or irregularly ribbed. Mainly marine. [Mainly marine.]