Nerita albicilla

Nerita albicilla; Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Nerita
Species:	N. albicilla
Binomial name
	Nerita albicilla; Linnaeus, 1758
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);

Last updated August 18, 2025

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

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

Tropical Indo-Pacific^[1]

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 trees.^[1]

Fossil record

Fossils of this species have been found in Pleistocene deposits in Djibouti.^[2]

Parasites

Vibrio parahaemolyticus ^[3]

References

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

1 2 3 4 5 Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
↑ "Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . Retrieved 27 July 2025.
↑ 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.

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
Blackmore, G. (1998). The importance of feeding ecology in investigating accumulated heavy metal body burdens in Thais clavigera (Kuster) (mollusca: neogastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong
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.
Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.

[2] "Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . Retrieved 27 July 2025.

[3] 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.

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