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Neritimorpha

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Neritimorpha is a clade of gastropod molluscs that contains around 2,000 extant species of sea snails, limpets, freshwater snails, land snails and slugs. This clade used to be known as the superorder Neritopsina.

Species

Subclass

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Conchas de los caracoles de agua dulce Theodoxus danubialis Conchas de los caracoles terrestres Helicina rostrata Los neritimorfos (Neritimorpha) son una subclase de moluscos gasterópodos, que incluye caracoles terrestres, de agua dulce y marinos y algunas lapas de aguas profundas.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
With media
4
Collections
ALMNH, UF
Recorded in
Antarctica, Mariana Islands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gastropoda
Image
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taxon name
Neritimorpha
taxon rank
subclass
topic's main category
Category:Neritimorpha
Commons category
Neritimorpha
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Description
  • Evolutionary history
  • 1997 taxonomy
  • 2005 taxonomy
  • In human society
  • References

Neritimorpha is a clade of gastropod molluscs that contains around 2,000 extant species of sea snails, limpets, freshwater snails, land snails and slugs. This clade used to be known as the superorder Neritopsina.

==Etymology==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neritimorpha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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