Neritopsis atlantica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritopsidae.[1]
Neritopsis atlantica | |
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Shell of Neritopsis atlantica (paratype at MNHN? Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Neritopsidae |
Genus: | Neritopsis |
Species: | N. atlantica
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Binomial name | |
Neritopsis atlantica Sarasúa, 1973
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Synonyms | |
Neritopsis finlayi R. C. Hoerle, 1974 |
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Cuba.
References
edit- ^ Neritopsis atlantica Sarasúa, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- Sarasua, H., 1973. El genero Neritopsis (Mollusca: Neritoidea) en el Atlantico y descripcion de su Segunda especie viviente,. Poeyana 118: 6 pp
External links
edit- Hoerle R.C. (1974). A Recent Caribbean species of the genus Neritopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 11: 103-104.
- Lozouet, P. (2009). A new Neritopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) from French Polynesia. Zoosystema. 31(1): 189-198