Puperita pupa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Neritopsina
Ordo: Neritoida

Superfamilia: Neritoidea
Familia: Neritidae
Subfamilia: Neritinae
Tribus: Theodoxini
Genus: Puperita
Species: Puperita pupa

Name

Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

Linnaeus, Carl. 1767: “Systema naturae”, 12th ed., vol. 1(2) 533-1327 + xxxvii. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. Stockholm - Sweden.
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De Long, K. M. & H. E. Coomans. 1988: “Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire”. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, LXIV(214):1-190.
Díaz Juan M. y Puyana, María. 1994: “Moluscos del Caribe colombiano. Un catalogo Ilustrado. Conciencias, Fundación Natura e INVEAR, Bogotá – Colombia 367p.
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. http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_90B_0221-0340.pdf
Rosenberg, G., Moretzsohn & García, E.F. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. & Camp, D.K. (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Reference page.

Links

Puperita pupa in the World Register of Marine Species
Puperita pupa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ZipcodeZoo.com: Puperita pupa (Zebra Nerite)

Videos

Youtube: Zebra Nerite snails (Puperita pupa)

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