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Smaragdia

Smaragdia
Smaragdia viridis views
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Smaragdia Issel, 1869[1]
Type species
Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Neritina (Smaragdia) Issel, 1869 Smaragdista Iredale, 1936 Tanzaniella Lupu, 1979 (invalid: a junior homonym of Tanzaniella Hoffman, 1977 [Chilopoda])

Smaragdia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Smaragdia include:

• Smaragdia bryanae (Pilsbry, 1918)^[3]
• † Smaragdia expansa (Reuss in M. Hörnes, 1856)
• † Smaragdia merignacensis (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918)
• Smaragdia patburkeae Eichhorst, 2016
• Smaragdia pulcherrima (Angas, 1871)^[4]
• Smaragdia purpureomaculata Dekker, 2000^[5]
• Smaragdia rangiana (Recluz, 1841)^[6]
• Smaragdia roseopicta Thiele, 1930^[7]
• Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier, 1863)^[8]
• Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936) - synonym: Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & Jay, 1989^[9]
• Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[10]

Synonyms

• Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & Jay, 1989: synonym of Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936)
• Smaragdia feuilleti (Audouin, 1826)^[11] - type species:^[12] synonym of Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Smaragdia paulucciana (Gassies, 1870)<:^[13] synonym of Clithon parvulum (Le Guillou, 1841)
• Smaragdia viridemaris Mauri, 1917: synonym of Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 696–1366

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• Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24