| Nerita albicilla | |
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| 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 Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]
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Up to 4 cm, shell surface smooth or with slight transverse ridges; small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Colour variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. White interior, pinkish-grey granular operculum.[1]
tropical Indo-Pacific[1]
Habitat: rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, sometimes mangrove trees.[1]
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