Nerita albicilla explained

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.

Parasites

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus^[1]

References

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

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External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.
• Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe meherer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer
• Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp.
• Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

Notes and References

1. Kumazawa . N. H. . Kato . E. . Takaba . T. . Yokota . T. . Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in two gastropod molluscs, Clithon retropictus and Nerita albicilla . Nihon Juigaku Zasshi. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science . 50 . 4 . 918–924 . 1988 . 3172602 . 10.1292/jvms1939.50.918. free .