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WoRMS taxon details

Puperita Gray, 1857

AphiaID

205488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205488)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nerita pupa Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Neritininae Poey, 1852

Original name

Puperita Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Neritina (Puperita) Gray, 1857 · unaccepted

Direct children (7)

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Species Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Puperita vincta Nowell-Usticke, 1969
Subgenus Puperita (Heminerita) E. von Martens, 1887 accepted as Nerita (Heminerita) E. von Martens, 1887 represented as Nerita Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Puperita bensoni (Récluz, 1850) accepted as Neripteron bensoni (Récluz, 1850)
Species Puperita reticulata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Neripteron bensoni (Récluz, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Puperita salmacida (Morelet, 1879) accepted as Neripteron mauriciae (R. P. Lesson, 1831) (junior synonym)
Species Puperita tristis (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) accepted as Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1857). <i>Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum</i>. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puperita Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205488 on 2025-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2015-01-16 09:00:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-02 08:09:11Z

changed

Bank, Ruud

2019-03-21 02:50:37Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1857). <i>Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum</i>. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 137 [details]