- Neverita
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Neverita 
A shell of Neverita josephinia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Naticoidea Family: Naticidae Genus: Neverita
Risso, 1826Species See text
Neverita is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae known as moon snails [1]
The type species of this genus is Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826.
Species
Species within the genus Neverita include:
- Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1908)
- Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843) [2]
- Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798) : synonym of Polinices didyma (Röding, 1798)
- Neverita duplicata (Say , 1822) [2]
- Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 [3]
- Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Neverita lewisii (Gould, 1847) : synonym of Euspira lewisii (Gould, 1847)
References
- ^ Kabat, A.R. (1991) The classification of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Review and analysis of the supraspecific taxa. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 152, 417-449.
- ^ a b 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. Zootaxa, 1257:1-25.
- ^ Huelsken, T. et al. (2008) The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses. Zootaxa, 1770:1-40.
Further Reading
- Powell A. W. B. (1979), New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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