Checkered Nerite

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Nerita tessellata, sometimes known as the checkered nerite, is a species of tropical sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a nerite, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. Distribution This nerite occurs on the shores of the Western Atlantic Ocean including Florida, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, the West Indies and Brazil. Habitat This species lives high up in the intertidal zone on rocks.

Nerita tessellata pertenece a la clase Gasterópoda de moluscos. Esta clase constituye la clase más extensa de moluscos. Presentan una cabeza, un pie musculoso ventral y una concha dorsal (no todos).