Nerita albicilla

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Nerita albicilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species:
N. albicilla
Binomial name
Nerita albicilla
Synonyms
  • Nerita (Theliostyla) albicillaLinnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita asininaHumphrey, 1797 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on the Official Index)
  • Nerita fasciataKrauss, 1848 (unavailable: a junior homonym of Nerita fasciataO.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Nerita imperfectaRöding, 1798
  • Nerita ustulataG. B. Sowerby II, 1883
  • Nerita venustaDunker, 1844 (junior synonym)
  • Theliostyla 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]

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Description

Nerita 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. Nerita albicilla map.png
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

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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. doi: 10.1292/jvms1939.50.918 . PMID   3172602.