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Nerita
''Nerita'' is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2021-09-20 This is the type genus of the family Neritidae. Distribution and habitat Species of ''Nerita'' can be found worldwide in tropical waters in the middle and upper intertidal zones. They are gregarious herbivores. Description The thick shell is broadly ovate or globular and low-spired. It has a smooth surface. The shells are spirally ribbed or show some axial sculpturing. The ventral side has a large columellar callus or parietal wall. The callus shows small pustules. The aperture and the edge of the columella are usually dentate with fine or robust teeth. The calcareus operculum is thick and can be smooth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Ascensionis
''Nerita'' is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2021-09-20 This is the type genus of the family Neritidae. Distribution and habitat Species of ''Nerita'' can be found worldwide in tropical waters in the middle and upper intertidal zones. They are gregarious herbivores. Description The thick shell is broadly ovate or globular and low-spired. It has a smooth surface. The shells are spirally ribbed or show some axial sculpturing. The ventral side has a large columellar callus or parietal wall. The callus shows small pustules. The aperture and the edge of the columella are usually dentate with fine or robust teeth. The calcareus operculum is thick and can be smoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 000
''Nerita'' is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Neritinae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nerita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138254 on 2021-09-20 This is the type genus of the family Neritidae. Distribution and habitat Species of ''Nerita'' can be found worldwide in tropical waters in the middle and upper intertidal zones. They are gregarious herbivores. Description The thick shell is broadly ovate or globular and low-spired. It has a smooth surface. The shells are spirally ribbed or show some axial sculpturing. The ventral side has a large columellar callus or parietal wall. The callus shows small pustules. The aperture and the edge of the columella are usually dentate with fine or robust teeth. The calcareus operculum is thick and can be smooth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Polita (Linné, 1758) (4574792797)
''Nerita polita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. The subspecies ''Nerita polita rumphii'' Récluz, 1841: synonym of ''Nerita litterata'' Gmelin, 1791 Description ''Nerita polita'' has a distinctively smooth and polished shell that is up to 4 cm in size. It has a smooth columella with 2-4 weak teeth on the edge. The color is variable: mottled grey, red or cream, sometimes with axial bands. The operculum is smooth, and is cream to black in color. Distribution The distribution of ''Nerita polita'' is summarized as Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); and as tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). Distribution of ''Nerita polita'' include: * Aldabra * Chagos * East Coast of South Africa * Kenya * Madagascar * Mascarene Basin * Mauritius * Mozambique * Red Sea * Tanzania Ecology The habitat of ''Nerita polita'' includes wet fine sandy shore and the littoral The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Aterrima
''Nerita aterrima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Description The shell grows to a length of 27 mm Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to .... References * Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. External links Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, LipsiaeReeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Nerita. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-19, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Albicilla
''Nerita albicilla'', common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Description ''N. albicilla'' grows up to 4 cm; its shell surface is smooth or with slight transverse ridges; it has small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Its outer shell color is variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. The interior is white, with a pinkish-grey, granular operculum. Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific * Aldabra * Australia (Kalk, 1958) * Chagos * East Coast of South Africa * Kenya * Madagascar * Mascarene Basin * Mauritius * Mozambique * Red Sea * Seychelles * Tanzania Habitat It is found on rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, and sometimes on mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Tessellata
''Nerita tessellata'', sometimes known as the checkered nerite, is a species of tropical sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a nerite, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. Distribution This nerite occurs on the shores of the Western Atlantic Ocean including Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the West Indies and Brazil."''Nerita tessellata'' Gmelin, 1791" Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca, accessed 15 June 2010. Habitat This species lives high up in the on rocks.Description The shell of this ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411639 on 2021-09-25 The family Neritidae includes marine genera such as ''Nerita'', marine and freshwater genera such as ''Neritina'', and freshwater and brackish water genera such as ''Theodoxus''. The common name "nerite" as well as the family name Neritidae and the genus name '' Nerita'', are derived from the name of Nerites, who was a sea god in Greek mythology. Distribution Neritidae live primarily in the southern hemisphere, but there are some exceptions, such as a genus '' Theodoxus'' which can be found in Europe and Northern Africa Bunje P. M. & Lindberg D. R. (2007). "Lineage divergence of a freshwater snail clade associated with po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Argus
''Nerita argus'' is a species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritininae Poey, 1852. Accessed through: .... Description Distribution References Neritidae Gastropods described in 1841 {{Neritidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerita Atramentosa
''Nerita atramentosa'', common name the black nerite, is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. There has been some confusion over the taxonomy of the genus ''Nerita'' in the Pacific region; however, ''Nerita atramentosa'' and ''Nerita melanotragus'' are now recognised as separate species (the two have often been considered to be the same species). Description The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 32 mm. Ecology Distribution This nerite is endemic to the southern coastlands of Australia, including South Australia, southern Western Australia , Victoria and Tasmania. N. atramentosa occurs to the west of Wilsons Promontory in western Victoria, South Australia and southern Western Australia. The closely related species ''Nerita melanotragus'' occurs in eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Habitat This species is commonly found on intertidal rocks, particularly in the mid to upper intertid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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