''Neverita'' is a

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of medium-sized to large

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s, marine

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s in the subfamily Polinicinae of the

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Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family a ...

, the moon snails Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Neverita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138241 on 2012-07-12 The

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of this genus is '' Neverita josephinia'' Risso, 1826.

Species

Species within the genus ''Neverita'' include: * † '' Neverita amerrukensis'' Pacaud & Lebrun, 2019 * ''

Neverita aulacoglossa ''Neverita aulacoglossa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family (biology), family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine ...

'' (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909) * '' Neverita delessertiana'' ( Recluz in Chenu, 1843) Huelsken T. et al. 2006
''Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution''

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, 1257:1-25. * ''

Neverita didyma ''Neverita didyma'', common name the bladder moon snail or moon shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Subspecies * ''Neverita didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Never ...

'' (Röding, 1798) * ''

Neverita duplicata ''Neverita duplicata'', common name the shark eye, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Naticidae, the moon snails. In 2006, a paper was published which made it clear tha ...

'' ( Say, 1822) * '' Neverita josephinia'' Risso, 1826Huelsken, T. ''et al.'' (2008)
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Gastropoda Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

) of

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masses.

, 1770:1-40. * '' Neverita lamonae'' Marincovich, 1975 * ''

Neverita lewisii ''Neverita lewisii'' (previously known as ''Polinices lewisii'', ''Lunatia lewisii'', ''Euspira lewisii''), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail. It is a predatory marine gastropod in the family Naticidae, ...

'' (Gould, 1847) Huelsken, T., Tapken, D., Dahlmann, T., Wägele, H., Riginos, C., Hollmann, M. (2012). Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. doi:10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5.Bouchet, P. (2013) World Register Of Marine Species - Neverita lewisii (WoRMS

/ref> * † '' Neverita olla'' (de Serres, 1829) * † '' Neverita pontis''(Marwick, 1924) ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Neverita albumen'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of '' Polinices albumen'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Neverita ampla'' (Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Neverita hayashii'' Azuma, 1961: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma hayashii'' (Azuma, 1961) * ''Neverita hosoyai'' Kira, 1959: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma hosoyai'' (Kira, 1959) * ''Neverita nana'' (Møller, 1842): synonym of '' Pseudopolinices nanus'' (Møller, 1842) * ''Neverita obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885): synonym of '' Euspira obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885) * ''Neverita peselephanti'' ' (Link, 1807): synonym of '' Polinices peselephanti'' (Link, 1807) * ''Neverita pilula'' Locard, 1897: synonym of '' Neverita obtusa'' (Jeffreys, 1885) * ''Neverita politiana'' ' (Dall, 1919): synonym of '' Euspira pallida'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) * ''Neverita reclusiana'' (

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, 1839): synonym of ''

Glossaulax reclusiana ''Glossaulax reclusiana'', also known as Recluz's moon snail, is a species of sea snail in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. It is named for French amateur malacologist César Auguste Récluz. Description (Original description in Latin) Th ...

'' (Deshayes, 1839) * ''Neverita reiniana'' Dunker, 1877: synonym of '' Glossaulax reiniana'' (Dunker, 1877) (original combination) * ''Neverita robusta'' Dunker, 1860: synonym of ''Glossaulax didyma ampla'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Neverita secta'' Gabb, 1864: synonym of ''

'' (Deshayes, 1839)

References

External links

Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
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