Neritilia succinea

Neritilia succinea
	Neritilia succinea shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritiliidae
Genus:	Neritilia
Species:	N. succinea
Binomial name
	Neritilia succinea; (Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms
	Nerita succinea Récluz, 1841 (original combination); Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920; Neritina pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1845 (junior synonym);

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

Subspecies Neritilia succinea guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1920: synonym of Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841)

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

This species fas found on the riverbank on the West Indian island of Dominica.;^[2] also off Guadeloupe.

^ Neritilia succinea (Récluz, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
^ (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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