Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Alternative spellings: Neretina, Nerita (Neritina)
Synonyms: Dostia Gray 1842, Nerita (Dostia) Gray 1842, Neritina (Dostia) Gray 1842
Parent taxon: Neritininae according to B. M. Landau et al. 2016
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Cushing Woods and Saul 1986, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Hendy et al. 2008, Ladd 1966, Ladd 1982, Perrilliat 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Squires and Saul 2002, Todd 2001, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002, Wilson 1993, Woodring 1957 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Catillus, Orthopoma, Septaria, Stenopoma, Theodoxus
Subtaxa: Nerita (Dostia) escondita Neritina (Dostia) cuneata Neritina (Dostia) escondita Neritina (Nereina) Neritina (Neritina) Neritina (Provittoidae) Neritina (Puperita) Neritina (Vittoidae) Neritina buekkensis Neritina daani Neritina daisyae Neritina dominicana Neritina ectypha Neritina elephantina Neritina etheridgei Neritina figulopicta Neritina imitans Neritina insolita Neritina isabellae Neritina jungi Neritina martini Neritina meesi Neritina meleagris Neritina nunoi Neritina ortoni Neritina patricknuttalli Neritina phaseolaris Neritina picta Neritina pilisensis Neritina pulligera Neritina puncta Neritina roxoi Neritina seani Neritina sparsilineata Neritina tjidamarensis Neritina unidenta Neritina usnea Neritina violacea Neritina virginea Neritina wyomingensis Neritina zebra
Type: Nerita pulligera
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (3), Jamaica (1), Mauritius (1), Panama (1), United States (5: Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8), United States (5: California, Florida, Georgia)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), the Dominican Republic (37), Indonesia (2), Lebanon (1), Panama (6), Peru (7), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Panama (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Brazil (1), Egypt (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (2: Alabama, Washington)
• Paleocene of Poland (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Spain (1), United States (14: Arizona, California, Mississippi, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (3), United States (9: Utah)
• Triassic of Italy (2)
Total: 151 collections including 162 occurrences
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