- Nerita peloronta
-
Nerita peloronta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade CycloneritimorphaSuperfamily: Neritoidea Family: Neritidae Genus: Nerita Species: N. peloronta Binomial name Nerita peloronta
Linnaeus, 1758Synonyms[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]
Contents
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
- ^ Malacolog : Nerita peloronta
- ^ 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
This Neritidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.