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Neritina
Sign in to saveNeritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. They are as well marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCycloneritida
- FamilyNeritidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,474
- With media
- 95
- Family
- Neritidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, United States, Samoa, Philippines, Austria, Italy, Fiji
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Neritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. They are as well marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks.
Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini.
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