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Published July 7, 2026 | Version v1
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Neverita didyma Miocene - Recent

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Geomicrobiology and Environmental Changes, Frontiers Science Center for Deep-time Digital Earth, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
  • 3. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, 45137 - 66731, Iran.

Description

Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Fig. 3A–D

Polinices sp. – Hadi et al. 2024: 6, fig. 4.3a–b.

Material examined

IRAN – Sistan and Baluchestan • 2 shells; Dar Pahn Unit; GDZU-0065, GDZU-0066.

Remarks

This extant species is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, including the Persian Gulf (Niamaimandi et al. 2017) and has Neogene fossil occurrences ranging from India though Indonesia to Sakhalin Island (Majima 1989; Amano et al. 1996; Lyngdoh et al. 1999; Kase et al. 2008; Harzhauser et al. 2018). The species is often referred to as Glossaulax didymia, but Huelsken et al. (2012) questioned the distinction of Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929, as a subgenus within Neverita based on molecular data.

Notes

Published as part of Kiel, Steffen, Hadi, Mehdi, Ataabadi, Majid Mirzaie & Xi, Dangpeng, 2026, New species and records of Late Miocene mollusks from southeastern Iran, pp. 1-22 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1074 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1074.3300, http://zenodo.org/record/21456279

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB87E2FFB2FFEF510409068318B2CD

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.21456289 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1074.3300 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/21456279 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF92FF9AFFB6FFEA535D0F798653B313 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/73CB0D2A-033F-4C3A-9F62-7A2795A56EA5 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03AB87E2FFB2FFEF510409068318B2CD (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/331186977 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/315922/taxon/03AB87E2FFB2FFEF510409068318B2CD.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
GDZU
Material sample ID
GDZU-0065, GDZU-0066
Scientific name authorship
Miocene - Recent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Naticidae
Genus
Neverita
Species
didyma
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Neverita didyma (Roding, 1798) sec. Kiel, Hadi, Ataabadi & Xi, 2026

References

  • Hadi M., Ataabadi M. M., Sharifi J., Parandavar M., Castillo-Rodriguez Z. G., Vega-Sandoval F. A. & Vega F. J. 2024. Late Miocene Molluska from the Dar Pahn Unit, Makran, SE Iran. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 76: A 091223. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2024v76n1a091223
  • Niamaimandi N., Javadzadeh N., Kabgani N., Vaghei R. G. & Rajabzadeh I. 2017. Biodiversity of the gastropods in different periods in intertidal zone of the Iranian waters of the Persian Gulf. Regional Studies in Marine Science 13: 59-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2017.04.001
  • Majima R. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96: 5-159, pls. 1 - 14.
  • Amano K., Khudik V. & Narita K. 1996. An early Middle Miocene warm-water molluscan fauna in southwestern Sakhalin - Molluscs from the Ausinskaya Formation around Novoselovo. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 184: 651-661.
  • Lyngdoh B. C., Tiwari R. P. & Kachhara R. P. 1999. Miocene molluscan biostratigraphy of the Gato Hills, Meghalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 44: 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/0971102319990105
  • Kase T., Kurihara Y., Hayashi H., Pandita H. & Aguilar Y. M. 2008. Age refinement of the Sonde molluscan fauna, East Java, Indonesia. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 45: 127-138.
  • Harzhauser M., Raven H., Landau B., Kocsis L., Zuschin M., Mandic O. & Briguglio A. 2018. Late Miocene gastropods from northern Borneo (Brunei Darussalam, Seria Formation). Palaeontographica, Abt. A 313: 1-79. https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2018/0077
  • Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wagele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. 2012. Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s. l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5