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Taxonomy
Family:
NERITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Neritimorpha (Subclass)
> Cycloneritida (Order)
> Neritoidea (Superfamily)
> Neritidae (Family)
> Nerita (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
=Nerita eburnea Röding, 1798
=Nerita lactaria Linnaeus, 1771
=Nerita otaitensis Lesson, 1831
=Nerita ringens Reeve, 1855
=Nerita tautirana Curtiss, 1938
=Nerita torva Menke, 1851
=Ritena plicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Taxonomy
Family:
NERITIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Neritimorpha (Subclass)
> Cycloneritida (Order)
> Neritoidea (Superfamily)
> Neritidae (Family)
> Nerita (Genus)
> plicata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted, alternate representation
=Nerita eburnea Röding, 1798
=Nerita lactaria Linnaeus, 1771
=Nerita otaitensis Lesson, 1831
=Nerita ringens Reeve, 1855
=Nerita tautirana Curtiss, 1938
=Nerita torva Menke, 1851
=Ritena plicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
Size/Grows to:
Height 25mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific. Australia, Kermadec Islands, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.215)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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