| Nerita planospira | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Nerita |
| Species: | N. planospira |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerita planospira Anton, 1839 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Nerita planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]
The shell is cream and mottled black in color with an inner surface of the flat-spired nerite smooth and white. It has a toothed shelf protecting the entrance. The outer surface is thick and roughly ridged, and tightly coiled. [2]
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea
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