Vitta (gastropod)

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Vitta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Mörch, 1852
Synonyms
  • Agapilia Harzhauser & Kowalke, 2001
  • Clithon (Vittoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923
  • Neritella (Vitta) Mörch, 1852 (original rank)
  • Neritina (Vitta) Mörch, 1852 (new combination)
  • Neritina (Vittoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation
  • Theodoxus (Vittoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923
  • Vitta (Vitta) Mörch, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
  • Vitta (Vittoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation

Vitta is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Vitta include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta Mörch, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348334 on 2021-09-26
  • Harzhauser, M., Kowalke, T. (2001). Early Miocene brackish-water Mollusca from the Eastern Mediterranean and from the Central Paratethys - a faunistic and ecological comparison by selected faunas. Journal of the Czech Geological Survey. 46 (3-4), 353–374.page(s): 355-356
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696–1366.

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