A new species of <italic style="font-style: italic">Vittina</italic> (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species

Jianing WANG; Zhiyun CHEN

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A new species of Vittina (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species

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- A new species of Vittina (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Pages: 1-14(2026)
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  1.Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
  2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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  chenzhiyun@scsio.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-026-5289-z
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- Received：04 August 2025，
  
  Online First：04 August 2026，
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WANG Jianing,CHEN Zhiyun.A new species of Vittina (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,
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WANG Jianing,CHEN Zhiyun.A new species of Vittina (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, DOI：.

摘要

Abstract

This study reports the discovery of

Vittina

lambda

sp. nov.

a new neritid species from Hainan Island

South China Sea

alongside three new records:

Nerita

antiquata

Clithon

eudeli

and

peguense

lambda

sp. nov.

distinguished by unique Λ-shaped shell color patterns and radular morphology (narrower central teeth

sharper marginal teeth)

was historically misidentified within

coromandeliana

populations. Integrative taxonomy combining mitochondrial COI sequences (revealing

5% K2P divergence)

Bayesian Poisson Tree Processes (bPTP) analysis

and morphology confirme

d its cryptic status. For now

three new records are found in Guangdong

Guangxi

and Hainan only in China. Among them

Clithon

eudeli

was previously reported from its type locality in Vietnam only and has a unique and easily recognizable appearance in the genus

Clithon

. These findings highlight the South China Sea as a biodiversity hotspot and underscore the efficacy of molecular-morphological approaches in resolving complex neritid taxonomy.

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A new species of Vittina (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from the South China Sea, and three new records of other neritid species

DOI：10.1007/s00343-026-5289-z

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