| Nerita chamaeleon | |
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| two shells of Nerita chamaeleon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Nerita |
| Species: | N. chamaeleon |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerita chamaeleon | |
Nerita chamaeleon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]
Their shell is smaller in size. It grows up to 25mm. [2] They are colourful in nature and commonly seen in inter tidal rocky shore. They are active in night times. [3]
This snail is found on rocks, breakwaters and seawall of Pulau Ubin, Changi, Tanah Merah, Marina South, Labrador, Sentosa, Pulau Bukom, St. John's Island, Pulau Hantu, Pulau Semakau, Pulau Salu, Tuas [4] and Godavari region in India. [5] Present too in southern Thailand(Andamane sea)