Nerita signata

Nerita signata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Nerita
Species:	N. signata
Binomial name
Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms [1]
Nerita (Argonerita) signataLamarck, 1822 Nerita petechialis Mörch, 1852 Nerita pygmaea Martens, 1889 Nerita reticulata Karsten, 1789 Nerita reticulata var. pygmaea Martens, 1889 Nerita rudis Wood, 1828 Nerita samoensis Dunker, 1869 Nerita siquata

Nerita signata also known as the reticulated nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 7-20 mm.

Distribution and habitat

This species occurs off Papua New Guinea where it can be found in marine intertidal areas in mid littoral zones.

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Krijnen, C. (2014). Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216261 on 30 May 2014
2. Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2010.

External links

• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
• Martens, E. von. (1856-1889). Die Gattungen Nerita und Neritopsis. In: W. Kobelt, Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes elfte Abtheilung. 2 (11): 1-147, plates A, 1-15. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe
• Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8,
• Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques.
• Dunker, W. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV. Hamburg. xxxix, 139 pp