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Neverita josephinia Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Neverita
Species:	N. josephinia
Binomial name
Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826
Synonyms
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

1. ^ Huelsken, T.; Marek, C; Schreiber, S; Schmidt, I; Hollmann, M. (2008). "The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1770. Magnolia Press: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
2. Fossilworks
3. Huelsken T. et al. 2006. 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.

External links

• Images of shells of Neverita josephinia

• Naticidae
• Gastropods described in 1826