I actually haven't held a Bathynerita in my hand, but as with this
aforementioned critter from the Pacific, the whorlation and sutures appear
naticoid, not neritid.  I'll snoop around someday.

Kurt

At 11:24 AM 9/2/99 -0300, you wrote:
>Kurt,
>
>I'm not a specialist and I'll speak only about the info I have.
>
>Maybe it is just a weird naticid and, in the future, it will be placed
>elsewhere. But right now, strange or not, Bathynerita naticoides is placed
>in Naticidae.
>
>If you enter "Bathynerita" in AltaVista, you'll find 11 pages about it.
>Maybe they can bring some light about it. Since I'm at work, I promise that
>tomorrow I'll send the information about the article that described this
>weird "nericoid", a mix of neritid and naticoid ;-))
>
>All the best,
>
>Eduardo
>
>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: Kurt Auffenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Enviada em: Quinta-feira, 2 de Setembro de 1999 11:08
>Para: [log in to unmask]
>Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] Nerites
>
>
>There are no deep water nerites to date.  There is one widespread (Pacific)
>monotypic genus Pisulina (or something like that, help me out, Harry) that
>lives in slightly deeper water than the norm, but still shallow.
>Personally, I don't really think it should be assigned to the Neritidae.  I
>think it's a real weird naticid, but who knows at this point?
>
>There are many endemic species of marine, brackish and freshwater habitats
>in small island groups in the Pacific.  Most of these have been relagated
>to the synonomies of more widespread species.  Quite a few of these should
>be recognized and easily are on the basis of shell morphology alone.
>
>Harry, what was that species I got on Palau?  This a very good example of a
>large (over 1 inch) endemic species usually placed with Nerita undata but
>clearly different.
>
>Kurt
>
>At 10:58 AM 9/1/99 +1000, you wrote:
>>Dear James (and others),
>>
>>Being intertidal (and brackish/freshwater) herbivores I doubt that any
>>netires are rare. Some might be a little less common than others. Such a
>>species is probably Smaragdia tragena, which is never commonly encountered.
>>but to call it rare would be a gross overstatement.
>>
>>My question to the group:
>>In several of the (previous) Archaeogastropods and related primitive
>>gastropods, such as the Neritidae, the large bulk of the species are from
>>shallow water. However, more recently species of these families have been
>>discovered from very deep water and abyssal depths beyond comprehension
>>(hydrothermal vents). This is especially the case in the Fissurellidae.
>>Does anyone know if any deep water Nerites have been discovered?
>>
>>Patty
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