African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Nerita plexa Dillwyn, 1817

AphiaID

216255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216255)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791

Rank

Species

Parent

Nerita Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Nerita plexa Dillwyn, 1817

Environment

marine

Original description

Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita plexa Dillwyn, 1817. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216255 on 2026-07-29

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 plexa Dillwyn, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216255 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-13 08:24:17Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2002-07-21 12:48:32Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-07-01 13:34:45Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-07-08 20:10:29Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899 [details]

source of synonymy Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 49 [details]

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

source of synonymy Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)