Nerita albicilla

Nerita albicilla
Nerita albicilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Subgenus: Theliostyla
Species: N. albicilla
Binomial name
Nerita albicilla
Linnaeus, 1758

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]

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.[1]

Distribution map of Nerita albicilla.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific[1]

Habitat

It is found on rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, and sometimes on mangrove trees.[1]

Parasites

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 work from the reference.[1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  2. Kumazawa, N. H.; Kato, E.; Takaba, T.; Yokota, T. (1988). "Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla". Nihon juigaku zasshi. the Japanese journal of veterinary science 50 (4): 918–924. PMID 3172602.

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