WoRMS taxon details
Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)
865834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:865834)
accepted
Species
Nerita bahiensis (Récluz, 1850) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita chlorina Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita fasciola Récluz, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita listeri L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nerita marmorata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita nigrocincta Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita phrygia Dillwyn, 1823 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita tigris Récluz, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Neritina (Vitta) virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina braziliana G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina cajennensis Rigacci, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina elegantissima Hartmann, 1842 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Neritina listeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina matoni Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina minor Metcalf, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina trabalis Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina turriculata Menke, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina virginea var. listeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Theodoxus virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 778 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 778 [details] Available for editors
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Note Stated to be the Mediterranean Sea, which is...
Type locality Stated to be the Mediterranean Sea, which is erroneous. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865834 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 778 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nerita nigrocincta Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nerita chlorina Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Nerita marmorata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Nerita phrygia Dillwyn, 1823) Dillwyn, L.W. (1823). <i>An index to the Historia conchyliorum of Lister: with the name of the species to which each figure belongs, and occasional remarks</i>. [ii] + xiii + 48 pp., 1059 figs + 22 pls. Clarendon Press, Oxford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56524830
page(s): p. 30. [details]
original description (of Nerita listeri L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Nerita fasciola Récluz, 1850) Récluz, C. A. (1850). Notice sur le genre <i>Nerita</i> et sur le s.-g. <i>Neritina</i>, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 1(2): 131-164, 277-288, pls 7, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135949 [details]
original description (of Neritina trabalis Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Neritina turriculata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Neritina matoni Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Neritina elegantissima Hartmann, 1842) Hartmann, J. D. W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten. i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840]; 37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15269077
page(s): 131-132 (1842); 198-203 (1843); pls 77-78 (1844) [details]
basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 1051, pl. 325-326 [details]
page(s): 778 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nerita nigrocincta Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Nerita chlorina Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Nerita marmorata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
original description (of Nerita phrygia Dillwyn, 1823) Dillwyn, L.W. (1823). <i>An index to the Historia conchyliorum of Lister: with the name of the species to which each figure belongs, and occasional remarks</i>. [ii] + xiii + 48 pp., 1059 figs + 22 pls. Clarendon Press, Oxford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56524830
page(s): p. 30. [details]
original description (of Nerita listeri L. Pfeiffer, 1840) Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Nerita fasciola Récluz, 1850) Récluz, C. A. (1850). Notice sur le genre <i>Nerita</i> et sur le s.-g. <i>Neritina</i>, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 1(2): 131-164, 277-288, pls 7, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25135949 [details]
original description (of Neritina trabalis Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Neritina turriculata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Neritina matoni Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>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. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]
original description (of Neritina elegantissima Hartmann, 1842) Hartmann, J. D. W. (1840-1844). Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden der Schweiz. Mit Zugabe einiger merkwürdigen exotischen Arten. i-xx, 1-36, pl. 1-2 [30-06-1840]; 37-116, pl. 13-36 [1841]; 117-156, pl. 37-60 [1842]; 157-204, pl. 61-72 [1843]; 205-227, pl. 73-84 [1844]. St. Gallen., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15269077
page(s): 131-132 (1842); 198-203 (1843); pls 77-78 (1844) [details]
basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 1051, pl. 325-326 [details]
Other
additional source
Hovestadt A. & Neckheim C. M. (2020). A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint-Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 57: 1-38., available online at http://cernuelle.com/file/Folia conchyliologica 57.pdf
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Stated to be the Mediterranean Sea, which is erroneous. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | virgin nerite [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Jungfrau-Nerite [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vitta virginea)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Costa Rica, Limón, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, West o...
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1767) Bolivia, La Paz, Serere Eco Reserve, Lago San Fernan...
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus,1758) Curaçao, San Juanbaai)
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPME 7574) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1442371) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vitta virginea)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 58 proteins) (from synonym Nerita virginea Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Costa Rica, Limón, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, West o...
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1767) Bolivia, La Paz, Serere Eco Reserve, Lago San Fernan...
To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus,1758) Curaçao, San Juanbaai)
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPME 7574) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1442371) (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758))
.jpg "To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) Costa Rica, Limón, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, West o...")
 tristis.jpg "To Malacopics (Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1767) Bolivia, La Paz, Serere Eco Reserve, Lago San Fernan...")
