Nerita peloronta

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Nerita peloronta
File:Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 000.jpg
shell & Opercule of Nerita peloronta
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N. peloronta
Binomial name
Nerita peloronta
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita papilio Röding, 1798
  • Nerita virginea Röding, 1798
  • Nerita erythrodon Récluz, 1850
  • Nerita sanguidens Récluz, 1850

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Nerita peloronta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

Description

File:Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 001.JPG
Change in coloring of the shell in Nerita peloronta

This shell large among nerites, is thick and short spired. Its surface may have slightly raised spiral ridges. The dark red operculum is granulated on its inner side. The color of the shell is yellow, reddish, or creamy, with darker streaks or zigzags.

Distribution

Rocks inshore. W.Indies, W.Florida, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.

References

  • Récluz, C. 1850. Notice sur le genre Nérita et sur le S.-G. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 131-164, 282-288, pls. 3, 7.

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