Scientific name Neritidae | Rank Family | |
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Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida.
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- Neocaridina heteroponda red cherry orange neritidae planorbarius red planorbarius wild
- Distribution
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
The family Neritidae includes marine genera such as Nerita, marine and freshwater genera such as Neritina, and freshwater and brackish water genera such as Theodoxus.
The common name "nerite" as well as the family name Neritidae and the genus name Nerita, are derived from the name of Nerites, who was a sea god in Greek mythology.
Neocaridina heteroponda red cherry orange neritidae planorbarius red planorbarius wild
Distribution
Neritidae live primarily in the southern hemisphere, but there are some exceptions, such as a genus Theodoxus or Bathynerita naticoidea.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the five following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Genera
Genera, subgenera and species within the family Neritidae include:
Subfamily Neritinae
Subfamily † Neritariinae
Subfamily Neritininae
tribe Neritinini
tribe Theodoxini
Subfamily Smaragdiinae
Subfamily † Velatinae