Neritina virginea

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Neritina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. granosa (Freshwater Stream Snail) · N. reclivata (Olive Nerite) · N. usnea (Olive Nerite) · N. violacea (Red-Mouth Nerite Snail) · N. virginea (Virgin Nerite)

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Further Reading

• A catalog of recent Mollusca from all parts of the world. St. Petersburg, Fa: W.F. Webb, 19--. url p. 19.
• A conchological manual / by G.B. Sowerby, jun. London: H.G. Bohn, 1852. url p. 327.
• A conchological manual. First Edition. / by G.B. Sowerby, Jun. London: G.B. Sowerby, 1839. url p. 126.
• A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands with figures of each of the kinds / by William Turton, M. D. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. url p. 295.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas, John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861-June 25, 1891; a memorial volume / edited with a biographical introd. New YorkColumbia University Press1910 url p. 102.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] url p. 102.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas: New York, Columbia University Press[c1910] url .
• American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 153, p. 153, p. 160, p. 160.
• American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url , p. 129.
• An outline of the theory of organic evolution with a description of some of the phenomena which it explains. New York, MacMillan, 1906. url , , p. 208, p. xiii.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 55, p. 56.
• 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. 595.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 168, p. 267.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 88 1941 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url descr. of plate 2 , descr. of plate 7 , p. 351, fig. 1, page 353, p. 355, p. 356, p. 358, p. 373, p. 374, p. 375, p. 376, p. 377, p. 379, p. 380, p. 381, p. 387, p. 390, p. 394.
• Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.?]: Supt. of Docs., G.P.O., 1913-1923. url p. 6, p. 67, p. 8.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. 97 1989 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url fig. 16 , p. 11, p. 174, p. 20, p. 489, p. 59, p. 67.
• Catalogue of North American shells / collected and for sale by Henry Hemphill. San Diego, Calif.: H. Hemphill, 1890. url p. 7.
• Catalogue of North American shells, collected and for sale by Henry Hemphill [San Diego, Calif., Henry Hemphill]1890 url p. 7.
• Catalogue of the Doane collection of shells, presented by Mrs. Rose Delano to the Marion natural history society. s.n., The Wareham press, 19--? url p. 42.
• 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 [by P.P. Carpenter]1857. url p. 258.
• Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. url p. 42.
• 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. 137.
• Conchological miscellany. Boston, etc., 1834?-1883? url p. 166, p. 74.
• East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 208, p. 83.
• East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 208, p. 83.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 276.
• Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Etched for the use of students by Maria Emma Gray. .. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1859. url p. 28.
• Ipsa Linnaei conchylia. The shells of Linnaeus, determined from his manuscripts and collection. By Sylvanus Hanley. .. Also, an exact reprint of the Vermes Testacea of the "Systema naturae" and "Mantissa." London, Williams and Norgate, 1855. url p. 402.
• Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 267, p. 272, p. 273, p. 77.
• List of marine Mollusca comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American localities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Roque, including the Bermudas / by William Healey Dall. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1885. url p. 197.
• Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology. London: printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829-1837. url , p. 502.
• 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. 118, p. 118, p. 120, p. 120, p. 126, p. 126, p. 128, p. 128, p. 133, p. 133, p. 134, p. 134, p. 135, p. 135, p. 137, p. 137, p. 142, p. 142, p. 146, p. 146, p. 155, p. 155, p. 156, p. 156, p. 157, p. 296, p. 296, p. 37, p. 40, p. 40, p. 41.
• Manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands: ith figures of each of the kinds. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. url p. 295.
• Marine mollusca of Madras and the immediate neighbourhood; notes on a collection of marine shells from Lively Island, Falklands; and other papers, ManchesterJ.E. Gornish1898 url p. 77.
• Nature. London, etc., Macmillan Journals Ltd., etc. url p. 632.
• Principles of animal ecology, by W. C. Allee [and others] Philadelphia, Saunders Co., 1949. url p. 341, p. 733, p. 822.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 221, p. 221, p. 494, p. 497, p. 55, p. 733, p. 733.
• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society url p. 457.
• Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. Davenport, Ia., Academy of Natural Sciences [etc.] url p. 62.
• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 261, p. 319.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 1885 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 259.
• Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington, Washington Academy of Sciences. url p. 145, p. 145.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 529, p. 529, p. 531, p. 531.
• Quarterly journal of conchology. London, D. Bogue. url p. 37.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 423.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 787.
• Shells of land and water; a familiar introduction to the study of the mollusks. Chicago, A.W. Mumford, 1903. url p. 98.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 5 1864 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 595.
• Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , , , p. 103, p. 104, p. 127, p. 129, p. 13, p. 23, p. 33, p. 38, p. 53, p. 54, p. 56, p. 57, p. 60, p. 60, p. 77, p. 8.
• 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. 43.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , , , , , , , p. 10, p. 103, p. 104, p. 105, p. 106, p. 111, p. 111, p. 112, p. 120, p. 124, p. 124, p. 127, p. 127, p. 137, p. 137, p. 139, p. 139, p. 14, p. 144, p. 144, p. 21, p. 32, p. 32, p. 36, p. 39, p. 40, p. 41, p. 41, p. 41, p. 50, p. 51, p. 53, p. 54, p. 57, p. 57, p. 57, p. 59, p. 6, p. 66, p. 68, p. 7, p. 7, p. 71, p. 71, p. 8, p. 93, p. 98.
• The archaeological use and distribution of Mollusca in the Maya lowlands New Orleans, 1969. url p. 37, p. 46, p. 51, p. 6, p. 66.
• 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. 114.
• 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. 114.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 21, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed February 27, 2006. www.iobis.org
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
• GBIF-Sweden: Invertebrates (GBIF-SE:SMNH)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SINBIOTA - marine data (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683031
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70162
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70162
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASE4040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175374

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