Neritilia succinea

Neritilia succinea is a species of submarine cave snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritiliidae.[1]

Neritilia succinea
Neritilia succinea shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Neritiliidae
Genus:
Neritilia
Species:
N. succinea
Binomial name
Neritilia succinea
(Récluz, 1841)

Description

Distribution

This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica.[2]

References
  1. Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  2. (in German) Starmühlner F. von (1988). "Ergebnisse der Österreichisch-Französischen Hydrobiologischen Mission 1979 nach Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique (Kleine Antillen). Teil II: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süß- und Brackwassermollusken von Guadeloupe, Dominica und Martinique". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, 90: 221–340. PDF.


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