Species of gastropod
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| Five views of a shell of Nerita undata Linné, 1758
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N. undata
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| Binomial name
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Nerita undata
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- Nerita (Cymostyla) crassa Gould, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
- Nerita (Cymostyla) undata Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
- Nerita crassa Gould, 1852
- Nerita leguillouana Récluz, 1842
- Nerita marmorata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of N. marmorata Meuschen, 1787 and N. marmorata Link, 1807)
- Nerita proxima G. B. Sowerby III, 1903
- Ritena undata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Nerita undata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]
- Synonyms
- Nerita undata quadricolor Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Nerita quadricolor Gmelin, 1791
- Nerita undata var. micronesica E. von Martens, 1887: synonym of Nerita maura Récluz, 1842 (junior synonym)
Description
Habitat: rocky cliffs (Ruwa, 1984 <109>).
Up to 4 cm, with radial ridges on the shell surface; columella with three teeth. Pale in colour with variable darker markings, sometimes uniformly bluish-black, pale interior.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997) and off Papua New Guinea.
Habitat: littoral fringe rocks.
