MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Cañuelo, Málaga, Spain (actual size 5.9 mm).

AphiaID

140570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140570)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Smaragdia Issel, 1869

Original name

Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Nerita matonia Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nerita pallidula Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Neritina feuilletii Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Smaragdia feuilletii (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Smaragdia viridemaris (Maury, 1917) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Smaragdia viridis weyssei H. D. Russell, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Smaragdia viridis weyssei H. D. Russell, 1940 accepted as Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140570 on 2026-07-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140570 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-14 09:13:56Z

checked

Mussai, Prakash

2008-08-21 17:03:20Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Nerita matonia Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): t. 4, p. 271 [details]

original description (of Nerita pallidula Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Smaragdia viridis weyssei H. D. Russell, 1940) Russell H. D. 1940. Some new Neritidae from the West Indies. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural “Felipe Poey”, 14(4): 257-262, pl. 46.
page(s): 257, pl. 46 fig. 5-6 [details]

original description (of Neritina feuilletii Audouin, 1826) Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées par J.C. Savigny. in: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le grand. Histoire Naturelle, Animaux invertébrés. 1(4): 7-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41330029
page(s): 40. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Holzer, K. K.; Rueda, J. L.; McGlathery, K. J. (2011). Differences in the feeding ecology of two seagrass-associated snails. Estuaries and Coasts, 10 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-011-9406-6 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

additional source Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 871, pl. 265 figs 1-14. [details]

subsequent type designation Costa, F. H. A.; Nehm, R. H. & Hickman, C. S. (2001). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 359: 47-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10683843
page(s): 62 (neotype Nerita viridis Linnaeus, 1758 designated). [details]