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Nerita planospira | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Neritidae |
Genus: | Nerita |
Species: | N. planospira
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Binomial name | |
Nerita planospira
Anton, 1839
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Synonyms | |
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Nerita planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [1]
The shell is cream and mottled black in color with an inner surface of the flat-spired nerite smooth and white. It has a toothed shelf protecting the entrance. The outer surface is thick and roughly ridged, and tightly coiled. [2]
This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea