Nerita undata

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Nerita undata
Nerita undata 01.JPG
Five views of a shell of Nerita undata Linné, 1758
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N. undata
Binomial name
Nerita undata
Synonyms
  • Nerita (Cymostyla) crassaGould, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Cymostyla) undataLinnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita crassaGould, 1852
  • Nerita leguillouanaRécluz, 1842
  • Nerita marmorataHombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of N. marmorata Meuschen, 1787 and N. marmorata Link, 1807)
  • Nerita proximaG. B. Sowerby III, 1903
  • Ritena undata(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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Description

Habitat: rocky cliffs (Ruwa, 1984 <109>). Up to 4 cm, with radial ridges on the shell surface; columella with three teeth. Pale in colour with variable darker markings, sometimes uniformly bluish-black, pale interior. [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997) and off Papua New Guinea.

Habitat: littoral fringe rocks.

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