Pictoneritina Iredale, 1936

Symonds, Malcolm Francis & Pacaud, Jean-Michel, 2010, New species of Neritidae (Neritimorpha) from the Ypresian and Bartonian of the Paris and Basse-Loire Basins, France, Zootaxa 2606, pp. 55-68 : 59

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Subgenus Pictoneritina Iredale, 1936

Type species. By original designation, Neritina oualaniensis Lesson, 1831 .

Recent, in estuaries and brackish lagoons, Indo-Pacific.

Diagnosis. Shell small, 3 to 15 mm in height, smooth; septum weekly arched with one large, several small teeth.

Remarks. In the absence of a detailed description by Iredale (1936) the above diagnosis has been based on that given by Keen (1960). In the type species, the large tooth is about a third of the distance from the apical end of the septum with up to 5 small teeth abapical to it. The shell is glossy and the colour patterns are very variable.

References

Iredale, T. (1936) Australian molluscan notes No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum, 19, 267 - 340.

Keen, M. (1960) In: Moore, R. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology. Part 1. Mollusca 1. The Geological Society of America & The University of Kansas, U. S. A., 351 pp., 216 figs.

Lesson, R. P. (1831) Zoologie. In: Duperrey, L. E. (Ed.), Voyage Autour du Monde, Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de la Majeste, La Coquille, Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Vol. 5 (2). Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 219 pp.