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Neverita josephinia

Species of mollusc (fossil)

Natica josephinia (Risso, 1826)
Natica josephinia var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912
Natica josephinia var. caelata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Natica philippiana Récluz in Chenu, 1843
Natica philippiana Reeve, 1855
Neverita philippiana (Récluz, C., 1855)

Neverita josephinia is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon shells.

This is the type species of the genus Neverita.

The fossil record of this species dates back to the Oligocene (age range: 23.03 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Spain and Morocco.

Distribution

This is a Mediterranean species.

Description

Like other species in this genus, this snail has a corneous operculum.

References

Huelsken, T.. (2008). "The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses". Magnolia Press.
[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10166 Fossilworks]
Huelsken T. et al. 2006. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01257p025.pdf ''Neverita delessertiana (Recluz in Chenu, 1843): a naticid species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) distinct from Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) based on molecular data, morphological characters, and geographical distribution'']. [[Zootaxa]], 1257:1-25.

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