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Nerite Snails
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Nerite Snails

Neritidae

Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small- to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Neritinae

subfamilyNeritinae

Neritininae

subfamilyNeritininae

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Nerite Snails in Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.23

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