Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Neritimorpha - (Family) Neritidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Neritinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 45.

Alternative positions

Neritidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: D.L. Geiger & C.E. Thacker, 2005: 48.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1251.

Historical positions

Neritidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 339.
Neritidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 183.
Neritinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 45.
Neritidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Neritopsina (Suborder) Cox, 1960	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Neritinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 367.
Neritinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 976.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1251.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 776. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	17s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[24s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[24s]