African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

13588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13588)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Neritoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Subfamily Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815
1. Genus Mienerita H. Dekker, 2000
2. Genus Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamily Neritininae Poey, 1852
1. Genus Clithon Montfort, 1810
2. Genus Neripteron R. P. Lesson, 1831
3. Genus Neritina Lamarck, 1816
4. Genus Puperita Gray, 1857
5. Genus Septaria J. B. Férussac, 1807
6. Genus Smaragdia Issel, 1869
7. Genus Theodoxus Montfort, 1810
8. Genus Vitta Mörch, 1852
9. Genus Vittina H. B. Baker, 1923
Subfamily Smaragdiinae H. B. Baker, 1923 accepted as Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13588 on 2026-03-17

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13588 on 2026-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-05-18 07:40:01Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-01-04 12:34:08Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-02-16 18:09:11Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-11-18 09:23:32Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-10-25 08:55:52Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144 [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kano Y. & Fukumori H. (2019). Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815. Pp. 31-36, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [details]

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