Nerita planospira (original) (raw)

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Species of gastropod

Nerita planospira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species: N. planospira
Binomial name
Nerita planospiraAnton, 1839
Synonyms
Nerita (Ilynerita) planospira Anton, 1838· accepted, alternate representation Nerita (Theliostyla) planospira Anton, 1838· accepted, alternate representation (new combination) Nerita angularis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Nerita angularis O.F. Mueller, 1774) Nerita atropurpurea Récluz, 1841

Nerita planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]

The shell is cream and mottled black in color with an inner surface of the flat-spired nerite smooth and white. It has a toothed shelf protecting the entrance. The outer surface is thick and roughly ridged, and tightly coiled.[2]

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea

  1. ^ Nerita planospira Anton, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/animal-detail.aspx?id=15