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Neritidae

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Description

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small- to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neritidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2658	https://www.gbif.org/species/2658
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61374	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61374

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Neritopsina	Cox 1960
superfamily	Neritoidea
family	Neritidae	Rafinesque 1815

Scientific Name

Neritidae

Name Published In

Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Book]. 1-224, (self-published) Palermo.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neritidae	family	belongs to Gastropoda	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritacea	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Neritidae	family	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	stated without evidence	Addicott, 1970
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritimorpha	stated without evidence	Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Neritidae	family	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	stated without evidence	Givens and Kennedy, 1976
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritacea	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritoidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritoidea	stated with evidence	Bandel and Frýda, 1999
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritoidea	stated without evidence	Harzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritimorpha	stated without evidence	Heidelberger and Koch, 2005
Neritidae	family	belongs to Neritoidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

216

Extant Size (PBDB)

55 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer

Ecospace Comments

MINERALOGY: The shell of Neritidae is composed of three calcareous parts: the outer part is calcitic, whereas the middle and inner ones are aragonitic (Gainey & Wise, 1980; Suzuki et al., 1991). LIFE HISTORY: Herbivorous omnivore according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Kahnschnecken, Nixenschnecken, Schwimmschnecken, Båtsnäckor, Nerieten, Nerites, Neritids, アマオブネガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neritidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neritinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		363	269 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Neritininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		236	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Smaragdiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		131	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Velatinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		102	61.6 Ma Paleocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Asamiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Calyptronerita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassianpisulina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Clithon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Clypeolum genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Corsania ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cryptonerita ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cuisenerita ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Dentineritaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	242 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Fluvinerita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyosoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesoneritina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mienerita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monsneritina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Natitaria ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Neripteron genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerita genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		297	269 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Neritina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		158	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Neritodonta ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Neritodryas genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Neritoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	265 Ma Permian	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neritona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neritoplica ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Neritoptyx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ninnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oncochilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	279 Ma Permian	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Otostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Pisulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudodostia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puperita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ruganeritaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Schwardtina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Septaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Smaragdia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		131	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Thalassonerita ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Theodoxus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		70	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Tomostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trachynerita ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		34	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Trachyneritaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	242 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Velatella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Velates ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		102	61.6 Ma Paleocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Vergnesia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vitta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Vittina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chondrocyclas convexiusculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neriita maculifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neriita punctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pupa dolium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pupa refuga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sigaretus subcanaliculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sigaretus subhaliotideus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Protoneritidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Protoneritidae
Septariidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Septariidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1815	Neritidae Rafinesque
1899	Protoneritidae Kittl
1938	Neritidae Turner p. 94
1960	Neritidae Knight et al. p. 279
1970	Neritidae Addicott p. 45
1975	Neritidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 209
1976	Neritidae Givens and Kennedy p. 960
1984	Neritidae Squires p. 16
1987	Neritidae Squires p. 23
1998	Neritidae Beesley p. 695

Year	Name and Author
1999	Neritidae Bandel and Frýda p. 222
1999	Neritidae Squires p. 13
2001	Neritidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 689
2001	Neritidae Todd
2002	Neritidae Harzhauser p. 67
2002	Neritidae Kosnik p. 279
2004	Neritidae Harzhauser p. 105
2005	Neritidae Bouchet et al. p. 246
2005	Neritidae Heidelberger and Koch p. 41

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232

Givens C. R., Kennedy M. P. (1976) Middle Eocene mollusks from northern San Diego County, California, Journal of Paleontology 50 5, 954-975

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Bandel K., Frýda J. (1999) Notes on the evolution and higher classification of the subclass Neritimorpha (Gastropoda) with the description of some new taxa, Geologica et Palaeontologica 33 2, 219-235

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Heidelberger D., Koch L. (2005) Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany), Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4, 1-107

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