WoRMS taxon details
Vittina smithii (W. Wood, 1828)
1350218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1350218)
accepted
Species
Nerita smithii W. Wood, 1828 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina (Vittina) smithi [sic] · unaccepted
Neritina (Vittina) smithii (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Neritina smithii (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neritina tigrina W. H. Benson, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Nerita smithii W. Wood, 1828 †) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 25, pl. 8 Nerita fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 8 Nerita fig. 11 [details]
Note India, Calcutta, River Hooghly
From editor or global species database
Type locality India, Calcutta, River Hooghly [details]
Distribution India: Gangetic estuary. Burma: Irawaddy estuary
Distribution India: Gangetic estuary. Burma: Irawaddy estuary [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vittina smithii (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350218 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nerita smithii W. Wood, 1828 †) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 25, pl. 8 Nerita fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Neritina tigrina W. H. Benson, 1836) Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 749 [details]
basis of record Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxiii,1-289.
page(s): 36, figs. 28, 29 [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 8 Nerita fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Neritina tigrina W. H. Benson, 1836) Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 749 [details]
basis of record Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxiii,1-289.
page(s): 36, figs. 28, 29 [details]
Other
additional source
Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 1104, pl. 343 [details]
page(s): 1104, pl. 343 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution India: Gangetic estuary. Burma: Irawaddy estuary [details]Type locality India, Calcutta, River Hooghly [details]
To Malacopics (Neritina communis)
To NHMUK collection (Neritina tigrina Benson; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8795857) (from synonym Neritina tigrina W. H. Benson, 1836)
To NHMUK collection (Neritina tigrina Benson; NHMUK:ecatalogue:8795857) (from synonym Neritina tigrina W. H. Benson, 1836)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
