Neverita delessertiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Neverita
Species:
N. delessertiana
Binomial name
Neverita delessertiana
(Récluz, 1843)

Neverita delessertiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

N. delessertiana was long considered to be merely a form of the much more common and much more widely distributed species Neverita duplicata. In 2006 a paper was published which made it clear that Neverita delessertiana is a different species than N. duplicata.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the United States in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.[3]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 67.5 mm.[4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843). WoRMS (2010). Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419761 on 17 June 2010 .
  2. ↑ Huelsken, T. et al. (2006) Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa, 1-25. PDF.
  3. ↑ "Neverita delessertiana (Récluz, 1843)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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