| Neritina | |
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| Two live individuals of Neritina natalensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Neritina Rafinesque, 1815 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Neritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2] They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks
Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini. [3]
Species in the genus Neritina include: [4]