Common name of Neritina usnea
 
Common Name Olive nerite
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'nerite', from Latin 'nerita', i.e., a sea mussel ressembling the nautilus; 'olive', from Latin 'oliva', from Greek 'elaia', i.e., evergreen tree Olea europaea cultivated for its drupe-shaped fruit.
 
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