Nerita aterrima

Nerita aterrima
Nerita aterrima
Scientific classification
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]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 27 mm.

Distribution

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

References

1. Nerita (Argonerita) aterrima Gmelin, 1791 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 January 2011.

• 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.

External links

• Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Reeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Nerita. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-19, and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Récluz, C. A. (1842). Observations sur la Neritina (Neripteron) gigas, Lesson. Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 5: 234-236
• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie
• Récluz, C. A. (1841). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites vivantes. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 1841(4): 102-109; 1841(5): 147-152; 1841(9): 273-278; 1841(10): 310-318; 1841(11): 337-343
• Récluz, C. A. (1850). Notice sur le genre Nerita et sur le s.-g. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 1: 131-164, 277-288, pls 7, 11