African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138254)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815
Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Neritinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Nerita (Argonerita) Frey & Vermeij, 2008 · alternative representation

Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij, 1984 · alternative representation

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Species Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita ascensionis Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita costata Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita filosa Reeve, 1855
Species Nerita magdalenae Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita melanotragus E. A. Smith, 1884
Species Nerita neritopsoides Reeve, 1855
Species Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita quadricolor Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita sanguinolenta Menke, 1829
Species Nerita scabricosta Lamarck, 1822
Species Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822
Species Nerita striata Burrow, 1815
Species Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita umlaasiana Krauss, 1848
Species Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita undulata Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita yoldii Récluz, 1841
Species Nerita atrata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita atrata Chemnitz, 1781 accepted as Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on the Official Index)
Species Nerita bensoni Récluz, 1850 accepted as Neripteron bensoni (Récluz, 1850) (original combination)
Species Nerita bisecta Reeve, 1855 accepted as Nerita magdalenae Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita chrysostoma Récluz, 1841 accepted as Nerita striata Burrow, 1815
Species Nerita debilis Dufo, 1840 accepted as Mienerita debilis (Dufo, 1840) (original combination)
Species Nerita forskaelii Récluz, 1841 accepted as Nerita sanguinolenta Menke, 1829
Species Nerita ornata G. B. Sowerby I, 1823 accepted as Nerita scabricosta Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nerita plexa Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita punctata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 accepted as Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Nerita punctata O.F. Müller, 1774, and several others)
Species Nerita spadicea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Natica spadicea (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Subgenus Nerita (Argonerita) Frey & Vermeij, 2008 represented as Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Nerita (Argonerita) aterrima Gmelin, 1791 represented as Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791
2. Species Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
3. Species Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822 represented as Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822
Subgenus Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij, 1984 represented as Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

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. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2026-08-06

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. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 09:07:56Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-01-18 13:24:39Z

changed

Krijnen, Charles

2012-02-28 21:03:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-03-13 04:30:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-28 04:46:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description 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. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Nerita (Argonerita) Frey & Vermeij, 2008) Frey, M. A., & Vermeij, G. J. (2008). Molecular phylogenies and historical biogeography of a circumtropical group of gastropods (Genus: Nerita): Implications for regional diversity patterns in the marine tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1067-1086., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.009 [details]

original description (of Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij, 1984) Vermeij G.J. (1984). The systematic position of the neritid prosobranch gastropod Nerita polita and related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97(4): 688-692. [details]

taxonomy source Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume one. Harxheim, Conchbooks. pp. 1-694. [details]

additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28; note: Unidentified species [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 347 [details]

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