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Nerita
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Nerita

Nerita is a genus of medium-sized to small sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Black nerite

speciesNerita melanotragus

Four-toothed Nerite

speciesNerita versicolor

Checkered Nerite

speciesNerita tessellata

Rough-ribbed Nerite

speciesNerita scabricosta

blotched nerite

speciesNerita albicilla

Pleated Nerite

speciesNerita plicata

Hawaiian Black Nerite

speciesNerita picea

Australian Black Nerite

speciesNerita atramentosa

Bleeding Tooth Nerite

speciesNerita peloronta

Polished Nerite

speciesNerita polita

Chamaeleon Nerite

speciesNerita chamaeleon

Lightning Nerite

speciesNerita fulgurans

Lined Nerite

speciesNerita balteata

Wavy Nerite

speciesNerita undata

Nerita funiculata

speciesNerita funiculata

Maru-amaobune

speciesNerita histrio

Costate Nerite

speciesNerita costata

Nerita erythrostoma

speciesNerita erythrostoma

Nerita yoldii

speciesNerita yoldii

Rice-Marked Nerite

speciesNerita oryzarum

Nerita japonica

speciesNerita japonica

Nerita litterata

speciesNerita litterata

Nerita insculpta

speciesNerita insculpta

Nerita ocellata

speciesNerita ocellata

Nerita sanguinolenta

speciesNerita sanguinolenta

Nerita exuvia

speciesNerita exuvia

Textile Nerite

speciesNerita textilis

Flat Nerite

speciesNerita planospira

Nerita senegalensis

speciesNerita senegalensis

Nerita quadricolor

speciesNerita quadricolor

Nerita orbignyana

speciesNerita orbignyana

Nerita aterrima

speciesNerita aterrima

Nerita signata

speciesNerita signata

Nerita chlorostoma

speciesNerita chlorostoma

Nerita trifasciata

speciesNerita trifasciata

Nerita longii

speciesNerita longii

Nerita helicinoides

speciesNerita helicinoides

Nerita incerta

speciesNerita incerta

Nerita maxima

speciesNerita maxima

Nerita morio

speciesNerita morio

Nerita adenensis

speciesNerita adenensis

Nerita striata

speciesNerita striata

Nerita nigrita

speciesNerita nigrita

Nerita grossa

speciesNerita grossa

Nerita lianae

speciesNerita lianae

Nerita semirugosa

speciesNerita semirugosa

Nerita undulata

speciesNerita undulata

Nerita argus

speciesNerita argus

Nerita winteri

speciesNerita winteri

Nerita patula

speciesNerita patula

Nerita antiquata

speciesNerita antiquata

Nerita filosa

speciesNerita filosa

Nerita incurva

speciesNerita incurva

Nerita magdalenae

speciesNerita magdalenae

Nerita guamensis

speciesNerita guamensis

Nerita eichhorsti

speciesNerita eichhorsti

Nerita luteonigra

speciesNerita luteonigra

Nerita ascensionis

speciesNerita ascensionis

Nerita grasi

speciesNerita grasi

Nerita nigerrima

speciesNerita nigerrima

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