Nerita ornata

• Interesting Facts
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nerita

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. fulgurans (Antillean Nerite) · N. peloronta (Bleeding Tooth) · N. tessellata (Checkered Nerite) · N. versicolor (Four-Tooth Nerite)

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Further Reading

• A manual of the Mollusca: a treatise on recent and fossil shells / by Dr. S. P. Woodward; with an appendix of recent and fossil conchological discoveries to the present time, by Ralph Tate; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London: Virtue & Co., 1868. url p. 81.
• A manual of the Mollusca: or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells / by S. P. Woodward; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London, J. Weale, 1851-56. url p. 376.
• An introduction to conchology; or, Elements of the natural history of molluscous animals / by George Johnston. London: J. Van Voorst, 1850. url p. 451.
• Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 35.
• Annual reports / Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [1841-1922] url p. 50.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 154, p. 466, p. 587.
• Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen / described by Philip P. Carpenter. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1857. url p. 540.
• Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. url p. 117.
• Conchologia systematica, or Complete system of conchology: in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. By Lovell Reeve. .. In two volumes. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans;1841-1842. url p. 139.
• Cretaceous fauna of southern India / by [Henry F. Blandford and] Ferd. Stoliczka. Calcutta: Geological Survey Office, 1865-73. url p. 339.
• Index testaceologicus, an illustrated catalogue of British and foreign shells, containing about 2, 800 figures accurately coloured after nature, by W. Wood. .. London, Willis and Sotheran, 1856. url p. 231.
• Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der wirbellosen Thiere / von Arnold Lang. Jena: G. Fisher, 1900-1901. url p. 375, p. 375, p. 491, p. 491.
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 293, p. 293, p. 30.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 240.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 16 1893 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 410.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 821, p. 829, p. 836, p. 852, p. 94.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 409.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 9 1869 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 154, p. 3.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 66.
• The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda. Cambridge, Harvard College, Museum of Comparative Zoology]1908. url p. 288.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 45, p. 51, p. 51, p. 91.
• The conchologist's first book, or, A system of testaceous malachology, arranged expressly for the use of schools: in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, and a great number of new species added: with colored illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells, presenting a correct type Philadelphia: Barrington and Haswell, 1845. url p. 115.
• The conchologist's first book: a system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new Philadelphia, Pub. for the Author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1840. url p. 115.
• The mollusks of western North America embracing the second report made to the British Association on this subject, with other papers, reprinted by permission, with a general index / by Philip P. Carpenter. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url p. 48.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1921274
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16082167
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2202113

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