Vittina

Vittina
Apertural view of a shell of Vittina coromandeliana. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritininae
Tribe: Neritinini
Genus: Vittina

Vittina is a genus[2] of brackish water and freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Vittina may be also recognized as a subgenus of the genus Neritina.

Species

Species in the genus Vittina include:

References

  1. Baker, H. B. (1924). "Notes on the radula of the Neritidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 75: 117-178, plates 9-16. page 144.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sartori, André F. (2014). Vittina H. B. Baker, 1924. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818773 on 2017-12-30


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