Nerita polita

Nerita polita
shell of Nerita polita rumphii
shell of Nerita polita rumphii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species: N. polita
Binomial name
Nerita polita
Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Nerita polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

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Description

Nerita polita has distinctive smooth and polished shell, up to 4 cm.[3] It has smooth columella with 2-4 weak teeth on the edge.[3] Colour is variable, mottled grey, red or cream, sometimes with axial bands.[3] Operculum is smooth, cream to black.[3]

Distribution

Distribution of Nerita polita is summarized as Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).[3]

Distribution of Nerita polita include:

Ecology

Habitat of Nerita polita include wet fine sandy shore and littoral fringe of rocky shores.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference [3].

  1. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
  2. ^ Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216249 on 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Krijnen, C. (2010). Nerita (Linnerita) polita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216249 on 2010-12-14