African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Nerita (Argonerita) aterrima Gmelin, 1791

AfReMaS name details

Nerita (Argonerita) aterrima Gmelin, 1791

AphiaID

216247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216247)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791

Rank

Species

Parent

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

Original name

Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3679 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nerita (Argonerita) aterrima Gmelin, 1791. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216247 on 2026-09-01

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) aterrima Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216247 on 2026-09-01

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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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Nerita aterrima Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3679 [details]

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

additional source 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality