Nerita peloronta

Nerita peloronta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Nerita
Species:	N. peloronta
Binomial name
Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Nerita papilio Röding, 1798 Nerita virginea Röding, 1798 Nerita erythrodon Récluz, 1850 Nerita sanguidens Récluz, 1850

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

Description

This shell large among nerites, is thick and short spired. Its surface may have slighty raised spiral ridges. The dark red operculum is granulated on its inner side. The color of the shell is yellow, reddish, or creamy, with darker streaks or zigzags.

Distribution

 Rocks inshore. W.Indies, W.Florida, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.

References

1. ^ Malacolog : Nerita peloronta
2. ^ Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419504 on 5 May 2010.

• Récluz, C. 1850. Notice sur le genre Nérita et sur le S.-G. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 131-164, 282-288, pls. 3, 7.

External links

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