Nerita polita
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Nerita polita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
Nerita polita has a distinctively smooth and polished shell that is up to 4 cm in size.[3] It has a smooth columella with 2-4 weak teeth on the edge.[3] The color is variable: mottled grey, red or cream, sometimes with axial bands.[3] The operculum is smooth, and is cream to black in color.[3]
Distribution
The distribution of Nerita polita is summarized as Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); and as tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).[3]
Distribution of Nerita polita include:
- Aldabra[3]
- Chagos[3]
- East Coast of South Africa[3]
- Kenya[3]
- Madagascar[3]
- Mascarene Basin[3]
- Mauritius[3]
- Mozambique[3]
- Red Sea[3]
- Tanzania[3]
Ecology
The habitat of Nerita polita includes wet fine sandy shore and the littoral fringe of rocky shores.[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- ^ 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