Nerita planospira

Nerita planospira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
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

^ ^a ^b Nerita planospira Anton, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
^ "Nerita planospira Anton, 1839". National Parks Flora & Fauna web. Singapore Government. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017.

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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[WoRMS-1] Nerita planospira Anton, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.

[2] "Nerita planospira Anton, 1839". National Parks Flora & Fauna web. Singapore Government. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017.

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