Neritinae (Subfamily)

Overview

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A Subfamily in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Neritinae is a member of the Family Neritidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Neritinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa - Lophotrochozoans
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
        Phylum: Mollusca (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Neritaemorphi Koken, 1896
        Order: Neritopsina Cox & Knight, 1960
        Superfamily: Neritoidea Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Nerites
        Subfamily: Neritinae

The Subfamily Neritinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (4): Clithon · Nerita · Neritina · Neritodryas
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 413 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Neritinae.

Genera

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Clithon

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Nerita

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Neritina

Neritina is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum, marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [more]

Neritodryas

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At least 5 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Neritodryas.

More info about the Genus Neritodryas may be found here.

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