Neritilia succinea
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| genus = Neritilia
| species = succinea
| authority = (Récluz, 1841)
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| synonyms =
- Nerita succinea Récluz, 1841 (original combination)
- Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920
- Neritina pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1845 (junior synonym)
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Neritilia succinea is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritiliidae.{{WRMS species|419514|Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841)||5 May 2010}}
Subspecies Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841)
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
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Distribution
This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica.;{{in lang|de}} Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, [http://www.biologiezentrum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=27022 90]: 221–340. [http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_90B_0221-0340.pdf PDF]. also off Guadeloupe.
References
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- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Diez-García Y.L. (2017). El género Neritilia von Martens, 1879 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritilidae) en Cuba, con la descripción de dos nuevas especies. Avicennia. 20: 49–52.
- Robart, G., Mandahl-Barth, G. & Ripert, C. (1977). Inventaire, repartition geographique et ecologie des mollusques dulcaquicoles d'Haiti (Caraibes). Haliotis. 8: 159–171.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490685 Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26285845 Pilsbry, H. A. (1920). Mollusca from Central America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 71: 212-223, pl. 11]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1841
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