Smaragdia souverbiana

Smaragdia souverbiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Smaragdia
Species:	S. souverbiana
Binomial name
*Smaragdia souverbiana* (Montrouzier, 1863)
Synonyms^[1]
Neritina hellvillensis Crosse, 1881 Neritina pulcherrima Angas, 1871 Neritina souverbieana Montrouzier, 1863

Smaragdia souverbiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.^[1]

Description

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and the Aldabra Atoll, and in the Mediterranean Sea

^ ^a ^b Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140569 on 16 February 2011.

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