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Gastropoda Neritopsina Neritidae
Nerita (Melanerita) atramentosa Reeve, 1855
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Nerita atrata Gmelin, 1791
Nerita punctata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Nerita mauritiae Récluz, 1841
Nerita atramentosa Reeve, 1855
Nerita saturata Hutton, 1884
Nerita melanotragus Smith, 1884
Common Name
Black Nerite/Periwinkle p.62 [] McMichael, D.F. 1960.
Black Crow p.275 [] Cotton, B. C. 1959.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius: Mauritius
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius: Rodriguez
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal [ upper littoral
]
feeds on: plants
habit: nestling
habitat: rock platform [
]
habitat: rock reef
habitat: under rocks
References
Allan, J. 1950. p.74 Biology and ecology
Coleman, N. 1981. p.82 Biology and ecology
Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.273 Contains synonymy
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.37 General reference
Kabat, A.R. & Finet, Y. 1992. p.238 Secondary source
Wilson, B. 1993. p.40 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.40 Synonomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Neritimorpha
Neritopsina
Neritoidea
Neritidae Rafinesque, 1815
Neritinae
Nerita Linnaeus, 1758
Nerita (Melanerita) Martens, 1889
Nerita (Melanerita) atramentosa Reeve, 1855
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5282) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-21.