Nerita planospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Nerita
Species:
N. planospira
Binomial name
Nerita planospira
Anton, 1839
Synonyms
  • Nerita (Ilynerita) planospira Anton, 1838· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita (Theliostyla) planospira Anton, 1838· accepted, alternate representation (new combination)
  • Nerita angularis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Nerita angularis O.F. Mueller, 1774)
  • Nerita atropurpurea Récluz, 1841

Nerita planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]

Description

The shell is cream and mottled black in color with an inner surface of the flat-spired nerite smooth and white. It has a toothed shelf protecting the entrance. The outer surface is thick and roughly ridged, and tightly coiled.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea

References

  • Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1848 [November]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée. Vingt-cinquiéme livraison. Mollusques pls 14, 16, 19, 22; Insectes lépidoptéres pl. 3.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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