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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.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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Every page naming Nerita in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 82804.
