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Vitta
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Vitta

Vitta is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Virgin Nerite

speciesVitta virginea

Olive Nerite

speciesVitta usnea

Vitta luteofasciata

speciesVitta luteofasciata

Vitta meleagris

speciesVitta meleagris

zebra nerite

speciesVitta zebra

Vitta clenchi

speciesVitta clenchi

Vitta consobrina

speciesVitta consobrina

Vitta perottetiana

speciesVitta perottetiana

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Vitta in Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Illustrations of British Mycology, First Series

Anna Maria Hussey (1805-1853) · n.d. · p.368

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 495711.