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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Neritopsina Neritidae 

Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758

Type 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.