Nerita orbignyana

Nerita orbignyana is a species of sea snail with an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Nerita orbignyana
Two vies of a beachworn shell of Nerita orbignyana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritinae
Genus:
Nerita
Species:
N. orbignyana
Binomial name
Nerita orbignyana
Recluz, 1842

References
  1. IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 April 2009.
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