blotched nerite

Nerita albicilla

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Description Nerita albicilla grows up to 4 cm; its shell surface is smooth or with slight transverse ridges; it has small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Its outer shell color is variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 27United Kingdom · 2United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionNerita albicilla, Wikipedia contributors

blotched nerite

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