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Gastropoda Neritopsina Neritidae 

Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758

Types

[ref. Chemnitz, 1781, p. 293, pl. 190, figs. 1952-1953.] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.779
Amboyne

Keywords

Original Epithet:  plicata
habitat: beach [ along shore; high on shoreline in crevices and pits on limestone and on limbs of kiawe (Prosopis) trees (Kay 1979) ]
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Linnaeus, C. 1758.  
Original Text Name:  Nerita plicata
Original Genus:  Nerita
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Dekker, H. 2000.  

References

  . p.63 [ Fig 19 G ]  General
 Dekker, H. 2000. [ ref. Chemnitz, 1781, p. 293, pl. 190, figs. 1952-1953. ]  Synonomy
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.37 Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Neritimorpha
                Neritopsina
                  Neritoidea
                    Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Neritinae
                        Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
                          Nerita (Ritena) Gray, 1858
                            Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758
                              Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33945) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.