Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus 1758
Authors/Creators
- 1. Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam, BE 1410. E-mail: shahidaatiqah 88 @ gmail. com
- 2. Faculty of Science & Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. E-mail: nursalwa @ gmail. com & Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
- 3. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, 2 Conservatory Dr, National University of Singapore, 117377, Singapore. E-mail: nhmtsk @ nus. edu. sg Corresponding author: David J. Marshall; E-mail: david. marshall @ ubd. edu. bn
Description
Figs. 2C–D and 4E
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758: 779.
Nerita chamaeleon – Tan & Clements, 2008: 485, figs. 2-5, 2-6.
Nerita (Argonerita) chamaeleon – Eichhorst, 2016a: 458, pl. 114.
Material. UBDM.7.00030. Sample was collected from PP.
Abundance. Very abundant.
Habitat. Rocky shore. Low to high shore. Associated with breakwaters, seawalls and natural rocky shore.
Local distribution. MC, PJ, ES, PP, PT and UB.
Ecology and conservation. Common inhabitant of rocky shores for both natural rocks (ES and PP) and artificial seawalls (MC, PJ, PT and UB), though occurring in much greater numbers on the former (Marshall et al. 2017). Very likely to rapidly re-establish populations after degradation of local habitats. Compared to natural rocky shores, N. chamaeleon is heavily predated on in artificial rocky shores based on shell scars suspected of attacks from common shore crab. N. chamaeleon is of lowest conservation concern in Brunei because of its ability to rapidly colonise and establish large populations, and especially its tolerance to mudinundated rock surfaces.
Biogeographical distribution. In Western Coral Triangle at SB, HI, BY, SR and BK and Sunda Shelf at TR, JH, SW and SG. Generally distributed in Indo-West Pacific (Frey 2010b).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Cycloneritida
- Family
- Neritidae
- Genus
- Nerita
- Species
- chamaeleon
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Mustapha, Baharuddin, Tan & Marshall, 2021
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae. Vol. 1. 10 th Edition. Salvius, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Tan, S. K. & Clements, R. (2008) Taxonomy and Distribution of the Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Singapore. Zoological Studies, 47 (4), 481 - 494.
- Eichhorst, T. E. (2016 a) Neritidae of the World. Volume 1. Conchbooks, Harxheim, 694 pp.
- Marshall, D. J., Aminuddin, A. & Ahmad, S. (2017) Gastropod diversity at Pulau Punyit and the nearby shoreline - a reflection of Brunei's vulnerable rocky intertidal communities. Scientia Bruneiana, 16 (2), 34 - 40.
- Frey, M. A. (2010 b) The relative importance of geography and ecology in species diversification: evidence from a tropical marine intertidal snail (Nerita). Journal of Biogeography, 37 (8), 1515 - 1528.