Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS 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

Direct children (12)

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Species Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855
Species Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita striata Burrow, 1815
Species Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Nerita undulata Gmelin, 1791
Species Nerita yoldii Récluz, 1841
Species Nerita costata Brocchi, 1814 † accepted as Carinorbis clathrata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita costata Gmelin, 1791)
Species Nerita squamulata Le Guillou, 1841 accepted as Nerita histrio 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2025-12-10

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2025-12-10

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

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-28 04:46:42Z

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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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

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