African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758

AfReMaS name details

Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

216245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216245)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Species

Parent

Nerita (Argonerita) Frey & Vermeij, 2008 represented as Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758) 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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216245 on 2026-08-05

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 (Argonerita) chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216245 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-07 13:05:12Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-08-03 13:29:43Z

changed

Krijnen, Charles

2012-02-28 11:07:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-07-08 00:54:16Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758) 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

basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume one. Harxheim, Conchbooks. pp. 1-694.
page(s): 458 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection