Neverita

Neverita
A shell of Neverita josephinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Neverita
Risso, 1826
Species

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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:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.

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