Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon
creator: Onyango, Eunice
creator: Krijnen, Charles
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216245 on 2026-08-29
created: 1997-03-07T14:05:12Z
is replaced by: 596064
modified: 2022-07-08T02:54:16Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
accepted name usage ID: 596064
class: Gastropoda
family: Neritidae
genus: Nerita
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in year: 1758
order: Cycloneritida
parent name usage ID: 447855
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1758
specific epithet: chamaeleon
subgenus: Argonerita
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: alternative representation