Neverita josephinia

Neverita josephinia
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Neverita
Species:
N. josephinia
Binomial name
Neverita josephinia
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Natica josephinia (Risso, 1826)
  • Natica josephinia var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912
  • Natica josephinia var. caelata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Natica philippiana Récluz in Chenu, 1843
  • Natica philippiana Reeve, 1855
  • Neverita philippiana (Récluz, C., 1855)

Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon shells.[1]

This is the type species of the genus Neverita.

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligocene (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Morocco.[2]

The sand collar of N. josephinia from the Ebro River Delta in Catalonia, Spain

Distribution

This is a Mediterranean species.[1][3]

Description

Like other species in this genus, this snail has a corneous operculum.

References

  1. ^ a b Huelsken, T.; Marek, C; Schreiber, S; Schmidt, I; Hollmann, M. (2008). "The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1770. Magnolia Press: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  2. ^ Fossilworks
  3. ^ 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.
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