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Nerita albicilla

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Description

Nerita albicilla grows up to 4 cm; its shell surface is smooth or with slight transverse ridges; it has small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Its outer shell color is variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. The interior is white, with a pinkish-grey, granular operculum.

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific

  • Aldabra
  • Australia (Kalk, 1958)
  • Chagos
  • East Coast of South Africa
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Mascarene Basin
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Red Sea
  • Seychelles
  • Tanzania

Habitat

It is found on rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, and sometimes on mangrove trees.

Fossil record

Fossils of this species have been found in Pleistocene deposits in Djibouti.

Parasites

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 work from the reference.

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  • Blackmore, G. (1998). The importance of feeding ecology in investigating accumulated heavy metal body burdens in Thais clavigera (Kuster) (mollusca: neogastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.

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