Nerita albicilla
Nerita albicilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Nerita
Subgenus:
Theliostyla
Species:
N. albicilla
Binomial name
Nerita albicilla
Synonyms
  • Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita asinina Humphrey, 1797 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on the Official Index)
  • Nerita fasciata Krauss, 1848 (unavailable: a junior homonym of Nerita fasciata O.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Nerita imperfecta Röding, 1798
  • Nerita ustulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1883
  • Nerita venusta Dunker, 1844 (junior synonym)
  • Theliostyla albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]

Description

N. albicilla grows up to 4 cm; its shell surface is smooth or with slight transverse ridges; it has small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Its outer shell color is variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. The interior is white, with a pinkish-grey, granular operculum.[1]

Distribution map of Nerita albicilla.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific[1]

  • Aldabra
  • Australia (Kalk, 1958)
  • Chagos
  • East Coast of South Africa
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Mascarene Basin
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Red Sea
  • Seychelles
  • Tanzania

Habitat

It is found on rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, and sometimes on mangrove trees.[1]

Parasites

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 work from the reference.[1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Kumazawa, N. H.; Kato, E.; Takaba, T.; Yokota, T. (1988). "Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla". Nihon Juigaku Zasshi. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science. 50 (4): 918–924. doi:10.1292/jvms1939.50.918. PMID 3172602.
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  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
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