Nerita peloronta
| Nerita peloronta | |
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| shell & Opercule of Nerita peloronta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Nerita |
| Species: | N. peloronta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerita peloronta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
Change in coloring of the shell in Nerita peloronta
This shell large among nerites, is thick and short spired. Its surface may have slightly raised spiral ridges. The dark red operculum is granulated on its inner side. The color of the shell is yellow, reddish, or creamy, with darker streaks or zigzags.
Distribution
Rocks inshore. W.Indies, W.Florida, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.
References
- ↑ Malacolog: Nerita peloronta
- ↑ Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- Récluz, C. 1850. Notice sur le genre Nérita et sur le S.-G. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 131-164, 282-288, pls. 3, 7.
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