Nerita filosa
| Nerita filosa | |
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| Shell of Nerita filosa (iconotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Nerita |
| Species: | N. filosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Nerita filosa Reeve, 1855
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Nerita filosa, common name the threaded nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is globosely turbinate, with an exserted, sharp-pointed spire. Its whorls slant at the upper part, then become convex, and are spirally threaded with minutely divided ridges. The outer lip is inwardly thickened, minutely crenulated, and features a sharp lateral denticle on each side. The columella is smooth and finely toothed. The shell's color is rusty fawn, with the ridges delicately blue-black. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
References
- ^ Nerita filosa Reeve, 1855. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- ^ Reeve, L.A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Nerita. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9. London: L. Reeve & Co. p. 48. Retrieved 12 July 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris.