species: Nerita albicilla in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Nerita albicilla


©Anne Hoggett: Nerita albicilla in the low intertidal on mangrove roots at One Tree Coconut Beach, Lizard Island lagoon.

©Anne Hoggett: Nerita albicilla in the low intertidal on mangrove roots at One Tree Coconut Beach, Lizard Island lagoon.

©Anne Hoggett: Several Nerita albicilla in the low intertidal on mangrove roots at One Tree Coconut Beach, Lizard Island lagoon.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neritopsina
Family Neritidae
Genus Nerita
Species Nerita albicilla

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

Shell may be very eroded in living specimens. Deck on underside very wide with many nodules; operculum evenly covered with much smaller nodules.

Size

  • Up to 2 cm (Estimated width of specimens observed at Lizard Island.)

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References

  • Coleman, N. (1976). Aerial respiration of nerites from the north-east Coast of Australia, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 27: 455-466. LIRS catalog number 298.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Scardino, A.J. (2006). Biomimetic fouling control, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1300.