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Nerita planospira

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Nerita planospira
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N. planospira
Binomial name
Nerita planospira
Anton, 1839

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

Description

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]

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