Neritidae
Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791
Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791
Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791 is a western Atlantic intertidal snail with a yellow-and-black dark shell.
Nerita picea Récluz, 1841
Nerita picea Récluz, 1841
Nerita picea, the Hawaiian endemic Black Nerite, is an edible intertidal marine snail harvested for traditional Hawaiian food.
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita peloronta, the Bleeding Tooth, is a large nerite found on rocky shorelines of the Caribbean and surrounding regions.
Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Nerita tessellata is a small intertidal Western Atlantic nerite with a characteristic checkered shell pattern.
Nerita funiculata Menke, 1850
Nerita funiculata Menke, 1850
Nerita funiculata is a small nerite species with a varied dark shell found along the eastern Pacific from Peru to the Gulf of California.
Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791
Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791
Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791 is a small Caribbean nerite snail with distinct shell features and a widespread distribution in the Caribbean.
Nerita atramentosa Reeve, 1855
Nerita atramentosa Reeve, 1855
Nerita atramentosa is an Australian endemic intertidal nerite that feeds on epilithic algae and is preyed on by reef crabs.
Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758 is an intertidal rock-dwelling snail that reproduces sexually and releases hatching larvae.
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758 is a marine gastropod with a smooth polished shell found in tropical Indo-Pacific intertidal habitats.
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita chamaeleon Linnaeus, 1758 is a small, colorful nocturnal intertidal snail found across South and Southeast Asia.
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758 is a tropical Indo-Pacific marine gastropod that lives on rocky shores and sometimes mangroves.
Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita undata Linnaeus, 1758 is a Indo-Pacific marine species that grows up to 4 cm and lives on rocky shores.
Nerita melanotragus E.A.Smith, 1884
Nerita melanotragus E.A.Smith, 1884
Nerita melanotragus is a southern Pacific endemic nerite snail that lives on intertidal rocks.
Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855
Nerita balteata Reeve, 1855
Nerita balteata is a species found in Peninsular Malaysian mangroves that can act as a heavy metal bioindicator.
Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita histrio is a shelled species first described in 1758, found on Thai and other coastal rocky shores.
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smaragdia viridis is a small marine seagrass-feeding snail with a disjunct distribution in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas.
Clithon oualaniense (Lesson, 1831)
Clithon oualaniense (Lesson, 1831)
Clithon oualaniense is a diurnal herbivorous nerite snail found across the Indo-Pacific and Pacific islands.
Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Theodoxus fluviatilis is a widely distributed neritid snail that lives in freshwater and brackish habitats across the western to central Palaearctic.
Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)
Puperita pupa is a small nerite snail with distinctive zebra-like banded shells found in Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico brackish waters.
Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vitta virginea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vitta virginea is a variable-patterned euryhaline sea snail with a broad distribution across the Americas' Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.
Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798)
Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798)
Vitta usnea, the olive nerite, is a euryhaline algae-eating nerite snail popular with freshwater aquarists.
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Neripteron violaceum is a brackish nerite snail widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, sold as an ornamental for freshwater aquaria.
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