Nerita aterrima

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Nerita aterrima
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Nerita aterrima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species:
N. aterrima
Binomial name
Nerita aterrima
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms [1]
  • Nerita (Argonerita) aterrimaGmelin, 1791· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita commanotataReeve, 1855
  • Nerita mascareignarumRécluz, 1850
  • Nerita mascarenharumRécluz, 1842
  • Nerita mauritiaeRécluz, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita mauritiae Lesson, 1831; N. mascarenharum is a replacement name)
  • Nerita punctataQuoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita punctata O.F. Müller, 1774, and several others)

Nerita aterrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 27 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Western Australia.

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