Puperita pupa

Puperita pupa A. ventral view, B. dorsal view; C. Operculum external view; D. Operculum internal view. E. detail of the color standard.

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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• Baker, H. Burrington. 1923: “The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson expedition in Venezuela”. Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan, 152:1-159.
• Baker, H. Burrington. 1924: “Land and freshwater molluscs of the Dutch Leeward Islands”. Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan, 152:1-159.
• Coomans, H. E., 1958; “A survey of the littoral Gastropoda of the Netherlands Antilles and other Caribbean islands”. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, XIII(31):44-111.
• 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)

For more multimedia, look at Puperita pupa on Wikimedia Commons.