Nerita articulata Gould, 1847

Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Cuny, Gilles, Kocsis, László, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ngamnisai, Nom, Charoentitirat, Thasinee, Kumpitak, Satapat & Suraprasit, Kantapon, 2024, Mid-Holocene marine faunas from the Bangkok Clay deposits in Nakhon Nayok, the Central Plain of Thailand, ZooKeys 1202, pp. 1-110 : 1-110

Nerita articulata Gould, 1847

Figs 3 C , 5 D

Nerita lineata Gmelin, 1791: 3684 [junior homonym of Nerita lineata Müller, 1774]. Type locality: Strait of Malacca. Way and Purchon 1981: 314. Hylleberg and Kilburn 2003: 29 – 30. Yang et al. 2017: 20, fig. 67.

Nerita (Ritena) lineata . Cernohorsky 1972: 51, pl. 11, fig. 5.

Nerita articulata Gould, 1847: 220. Type locality: Tavoy. Wium-Andersen 1977: 5, fig. 8. Tantanasiriwong 1978: 6, fig. 42. Nateewathana et al. 1981: 56. Tan and Clements 2008: 483 – 485, fig. 2 - 3, 2 - 4. Nabhitabhata 2009: 36. Hamli et al. 2013: tables 2, 3, fig. 2 g. Tudu et al. 2018: table 1.

Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855: pl. 6, fig. 28. Type locality: unknown. Wilson 1993: 40, pl. 2, fig. 9 a, b. Nateewathana 1995: 95, with in-text fig. Nabhitabhata 2009: 36. Sanpanich and Duangdee 2013: 53. Chen et al. 2015: 75, fig. 1 a – c. BEDO 2017 b: 99, with in-text fig. Kantharajan et al. 2017: table 1, fig. 4 - 36. Tudu et al. 2018: table 1. Raven 2019: figs 4 – 6. Yadav et al. 2019: table 2, fig. 1 i. Mustapha et al. 2021: 48, figs 2 m, n, 4 g. Wells et al. 2021: 155.

Nerita (Ritena) balteata . Cernohorsky 1978: 42, pl. 11, fig. 1. Dharma 2005: 68, pl. 9, fig. 3 a, b.

Nerita (Amphinerita) articulata . Subba Rao and Dey 2000: 31. Dey 2006: 20, figs 7, 8.

Nerita (Nerita) articulata . Sri-aroon et al. 2004: table 1.

Nerita (Theliostyla) balteata . Thach 2005: 37, pl. 6, figs 36, 37.

Nerita balteata forma articulata. Eichhorst 2008: 280, pl. 85, fig. 1 a, b.

Nerita (Cymostyla) balteata . Eichhorst 2016: 455 – 457, pl. 113, figs 1 – 9.

Referred material.

CUF - NKNY - G 61 (3 shells; Figs 3 C , 5 D ).

Habitat.

On tree trunks, branches, roots and on muddy banks and rocky areas or near mangrove forests ( Tan and Clements 2008; Mustapha et al. 2021) as well as on rocks in intertidal zones ( Yang et al. 2017).

Distribution.

India ( Kantharajan et al. 2017; Yadav et al. 2019); Indo-West Pacific, from China to Australia ( Wilson 1993; Yang et al. 2017). Also reported from the Hawaiian Islands ( Cernohorsky 1978).

Record in Thailand.

Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea ( Wells et al. 2021).

Taxonomic remarks and comparisons.

This species is recognised by numerous raised spiral cords and a crenulated outer lip ( Tan and Clements 2008). Although this species is widely known as N. balteata Reeve, 1855 , the name N. articulata was made available earlier by Gould (1847). Thus, it has a priority over N. balteata .

Subclass Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960

Cohort Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997

Subcohort Cerithiimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975

Superfamily Cerithioidea Fleming, 1822

Figures

Figure 3. Size comparison of coral and gastropods found in this study A Oulangia cf. stokesiana B Neripteron violaceum C Nerita articulata D Natica stellata E Natica vitellus F Homalopoma cf. sangarense G Eunaticina papilla H Ergaea walshi I Pirenella incisa J Scalptia scalariformis K Telescopium telescopium L Merica elegans M Cerithidea obtusa N Bufonaria rana O Nassarius micans P Nassarius siquijorensis Q Paratectonatica tigrina.

Figure 5. Coral and gastropods A Oulangia cf. stokesiana B Homalopoma cf. sangarense C Neripteron violaceum D Nerita articulata E Cerithidea obtusa F Pirenella incisa G Telescopium telescopium.