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Smaragdia Issel, 1869
138255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138255)
accepted
Genus
Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Gaillardotia Bourguignat, 1877 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Neritina (Smaragdia) Issel, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Smaragdista Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tanzaniella Do. Lupu, 1979 · unaccepted (invalid: a junior homonym of...)
invalid: a junior homonym of Tanzaniella Hoffman, 1977 [Chilopoda]
- Species Smaragdia bryanae (Pilsbry, 1918)
- Species Smaragdia colei Ladd, 1966 †
- Species Smaragdia expansa (Reuss, 1856) †
- Species Smaragdia gelingsehensis Beets, 1987 †
- Species Smaragdia jogjacartensis (K. Martin, 1916) †
- Species Smaragdia merignacensis (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918) †
- Species Smaragdia patburkeae Eichhorst, 2016
- Species Smaragdia pulcherrima (Angas, 1871)
- Species Smaragdia purpureomaculata H. Dekker, 2000
- Species Smaragdia rangiana (Récluz, 1841)
- Species Smaragdia roseopicta Thiele, 1930
- Species Smaragdia semari Beets, 1941 †
- Species Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier, 1863)
- Species Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936)
- Species Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Smaragdia grammica J. A. Gardner, 1947 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Smaragdia abakionigraphis Drivas & M. Jay, 1989 accepted as Smaragdia tragena (Iredale, 1936) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Smaragdia feuilletii (Audouin, 1826) accepted as Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Smaragdia mamilla Annandale, 1924 accepted as Smaragdia souverbiana (Montrouzier, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Smaragdia paulucciana (Gassies, 1870) accepted as Clithon parvulum (Le Guillou, 1841)
- Species Smaragdia viridemaris (Maury, 1917) † accepted as Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Issel, A. (1869). <i>Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche</i>. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43995
page(s): 212 [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Smaragdia Issel, 1869. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138255 on 2026-04-07
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original description
Issel, A. (1869). <i>Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche</i>. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43995
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Smaragdista Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 288 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Tanzaniella Do. Lupu, 1979) Lupu, D. (1979). Tanzaniella gen. n. (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the coast of the Indian Ocean. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 20: 15-19, 5 plates. Bucureşti. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gaillardotia Bourguignat, 1877) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1877). Descriptions de deux nouveaux genres algériens, suivies d'une classification des familles et des genres de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du système européen. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Toulouse.</em> 3 [1875-1876] (1): 49-101. [≤ May] Toulouse., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/digireference?id=43
page(s): 93 [details]
taxonomy source Qi, L.; Xu, B.; Kong, L.; Li, Q. (2022). Improved phylogenetic resolution within Neritidae (Gastropoda, Nertimorpha) with implications for the evolution of shell traits and habitat. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 52(1): 46-57., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12567
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366. [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Smaragdista Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 288 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tanzaniella Do. Lupu, 1979) Lupu, D. (1979). Tanzaniella gen. n. (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the coast of the Indian Ocean. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 20: 15-19, 5 plates. Bucureşti. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gaillardotia Bourguignat, 1877) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1877). Descriptions de deux nouveaux genres algériens, suivies d'une classification des familles et des genres de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du système européen. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Toulouse.</em> 3 [1875-1876] (1): 49-101. [≤ May] Toulouse., available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/digireference?id=43
page(s): 93 [details]
taxonomy source Qi, L.; Xu, B.; Kong, L.; Li, Q. (2022). Improved phylogenetic resolution within Neritidae (Gastropoda, Nertimorpha) with implications for the evolution of shell traits and habitat. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 52(1): 46-57., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12567
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Treated as a subgenus of Neritina Lamarck in Dautzenberg, 1923. [details]
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