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Virgin Nerite

Vitta virginea

Classification

Family
Neritidae

Vitta virginea, the virgin nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. Distribution This species is widespread from the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, West Indies, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Central America (Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica), Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, Colombia, Mexico, Texas and Florida. Habitat Vitta virginea can withstand large changes in salinity and therefore may live in fresh, sea or brackish water.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 192Brazil · 93Mexico · 54United Kingdom · 19Cuba · 15France · 11Netherlands · 9