MolluscaBase - Neripteron (Dostia) amoenum (A. Gould, 1847)

MolluscaBase name details

Neripteron (Dostia) amoenum (A. Gould, 1847)

AphiaID

873809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:873809)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Neripteron amoenum (A. Gould, 1847)

Rank

Species

Parent

Neripteron (Dostia) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Neripteron R. P. Lesson, 1831

Original name

Neritina amoena A. Gould, 1847

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Neritina amoena A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 238. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neripteron (Dostia) amoenum (A. Gould, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873809 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-04-16 11:45:02Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-06-24 00:14:11Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

original description (of Neritina amoena A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 238. [details]

basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume one. Harxheim, Conchbooks. pp. 1-694. [details]