Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Neritimorpha > Order Cycloneritida > Superfamily Neritoidea > Family Neritidae > Subfamily Neritinae > Genus Smaragdia

Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Smaragdia*	Issel, 1869	accepted genus name
*Neritina (Smaragdia)*	Issel, 1869	synonym

Species group names

*Nerita matonia*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nerita pallidula*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nerita viridis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Neritina (Smaragdia) viridemaris*	Maury, 1917	synonym
*Neritina feuilletii*	Audouin, 1826	synonym
*Smaragdia feuilletii*	(Audouin, 1826)	synonym
*Smaragdia viridemaris*	(Maury, 1917)	synonym
*Smaragdia viridis weyssei*	H. D. Russell, 1940	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: emerald nerite

German: Smaragdschnecke

Literature

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.
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.
additional source	Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140570