OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Neritopsina Neritidae
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus, 1758
Types
Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.778
Amboina
Keywords
feeds on: plants [ algal covered rocks (Kay 1979)
]
habitat: beach [ beneath surface of sand at the high tide line (Kay 1979)
]
substrate: sand [ (Kay 1979)
]
References
. p.64 General
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.37 Secondary source
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Neritimorpha
Neritopsina
Neritoidea
Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815
Neritinae
Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita (Linnerita) Vermeij, 1984
Nerita (Linnerita) polita Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33947) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.