''Vittina'' is a
genus
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of brackish water and
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...
s with an
operculum, aquatic
gastropod
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily
Neritininae of the family
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive Operculum (gastropod), operculum.
MolluscaBase eds. (202 ...
, the nerites.
[Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Baker, 1924. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818773 on 2017-12-30]
''Vittina'' was previously recognized as a subgenus of the genus ''
Neritina''.
Distribution
Species of this genus are found estuarine and fluviatile in the Indo-Pacific.
Species
Species in the genus ''Vittina'' include:
* ''
Vittina adumbrata''
(Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Vittina aquatilis''
(Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Vittina coromandeliana
''Vittina coromandeliana'', also known as ''Neritina coromandeliana'', is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Neritidae.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Vittina coromandeliana'' includes I ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
* ''
Vittina cumingiana''
(Récluz, 1842)
* ''
Vittina gagates''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Vittina jovis
''Vittina'' is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.Sartori, André F. (2014). ''Vittina'' H. B. Ba ...
''
(Récluz, 1843)
* ''
Vittina natalensis''
(Reeve, 1855)
* ''
Vittina pennata''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Vittina plumbea''
(G.W. Sowerby II, 1849)
* † ''
Vittina pomahakaensis''
(Finlay, 1924)
* ''
Vittina pouchetii''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
* ''
Vittina roissyana''
(Récluz, 1841)
* ''
Vittina semiconica''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Vittina serrulata''
(Récluz, 1842)
* ''
Vittina smithii''
(W. Wood, 1828)
* ''
Vittina solium''
(Récluz, 1846)
* ''
Vittina turrita''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Vittina turtoni''
(Récluz, 1843)
* ''
Vittina variegata''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Vittina waigiensis''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Vittina wallisiarum''
(Récluz, 1850)
;''
Taxon inquirendum
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The ter ...
''
* ''Vittina striolata''
(Récluz, 1841)
References
External links
Bourne G.C. (1909). Contributions to the morphology of the group Neritacea of aspidobranch gastropods. Part I. The Neritidae. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' for 1908. 810–887
Neritidae
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