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Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita albicilla was named by Linnaeus (1758) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7181]. It is the type species of Nerita (Theliostyla).

It was recombined as Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla by Vokes (1983), Landau et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Nerita albicilla Linnaeus
1983Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Vokes p. 132
1987Nerita albicilla Short and Potter p. 18
1996Nerita albicilla Jensen p. 5
2016Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Landau et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusNeritaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusTheliostylaMörch 1852
speciesalbicilla(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-28 03:00:43
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:05
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Nerita albicilla (70084)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Nerita albicilla (101416 101417)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Nerita albicilla (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Nerita albicilla (96789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Nerita albicilla (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Nerita albicilla (192720) Nerita albicilla, Nerita albicilla (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Nerita albicilla (81079)