''Neritilia succinea'' is a
species
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of submarine cave
snail
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, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Neritiliidae
Neritiliidae is a family of submarine cave snails,Kano Y. & Kase T. (2008). "Diversity and distributions of the submarine-cave Neritiliidae in the Indo-Pacific (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha)". ''Organisms Diversity & Evolution'' 8(1): 22-43. marine ...
.
Subspecies ''Neritilia succinea guatemalensis''
Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of ''Neritilia succinea''
(Récluz, 1841)
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of
Dominica.;
[ 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]
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221–340
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Guadeloupe
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References
* 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
Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17Pilsbry, H. A. (1920). Mollusca from Central America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 71: 212-223, pl. 11
Neritiliidae
Gastropods described in 1841
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