Neritidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Cycloneritida, class Gastropoda. The family contains 26 accepted species worldwide.
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Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 is a tropical Indo-Pacific marine gastropod that…
Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791
Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791 is a small Caribbean nerite snail with distinct s…
Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Nerita tessellata is a small intertidal Western Atlantic nerite with a character…
Nerita melanotragus E.A.Smith, 1884
Nerita melanotragus is a southern Pacific endemic nerite snail that lives on int…
Nerita picea Récluz, 1841
Nerita picea, the Hawaiian endemic Black Nerite, is an edible intertidal marine …
Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita histrio is a shelled species first described in 1758, found on Thai and o…
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita peloronta, the Bleeding Tooth, is a large nerite found on rocky shoreline…
Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Puperita pupa is a small nerite snail with distinctive zebra-like banded shells …
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Neripteron violaceum is a brackish nerite snail widely distributed across the In…
Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798)
Vitta usnea, the olive nerite, is a euryhaline algae-eating nerite snail popular…
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smaragdia viridis is a small marine seagrass-feeding snail with a disjunct distr…
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758 is a small, colorful nocturnal intertidal snail…
Neritidae animals belong to the Cycloneritida order in the Animalia kingdom. The background color of the shell is black, and it typically features white markings. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Neritidae is classified in the order Cycloneritida, class Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca. The shell is thick with a short spire, and its surface may feature slightly raised spiral ridges.
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