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Smaragdia viridis

Description

Smaragdia viridis. common name the "emerald nerite" is a species of small, green sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaragdia_viridis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2291431https://www.gbif.org/species/2291431
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)116051https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=116051
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia viridis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia viridis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superorderNeritopsinaCox 1960
superfamilyNeritoidea
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilySmaragdiinaeBaker 1923
genusSmaragdiaIssel 1869
speciesSmaragdia viridisLinnaeus 1758
Generic NameSmaragdia
Scientific NameSmaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Smaragdia viridisspeciesbelongs to Neritastated without evidenceLinnaeus, 1759
Smaragdia viridisspeciesbelongs to Smaragdiastated with evidenceWeisbord, 1962
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Neritidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietomnivore, grazer (based on Neritidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Neritidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N.E. Weisbord. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193)
Common Name(s) Smaragdschnecke, Emerald Nerite
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaragdia_viridis

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Smaragdia viridis viridemaris Maury, 1917GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia viridis viridemaris
Smaragdia viridis weyssei Russell, 1940GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia viridis weyssei
Nerita pallidula Risso, 1826GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Nerita pallidula
Nerita matonia Risso, 1826GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Nerita matonia
Neritina feuilleti Audouin, 1826GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Neritina feuilleti
Neritina viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Neritina viridis
Smaragdia viridemaris Mauri, 1917GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia viridemaris
Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Nerita viridis
Smaragdia feuilletii (Audouin, 1826)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Smaragdia : Smaragdia feuilletii

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Nerita viridis Linnaeus p. 778
1759Nerita viridis Linnaeus p. 778
1962Smaragdia viridis Weisbord p. 116
2001Smaragdia viridis Costa et al. p. 62

References

Weisbord N.E. (1962) Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela, Bulletins of American Paleontology 42 193
Costa F. H. A., Neim R. H., et al (2001) Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Bulletins of American Paleontology 359, 47-71
Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia. 12: 339-378. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. - via World Register of Marine Species
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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