Species under Nerita
n= 47
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Nerita adenensis
Mienis, 1978
Western Indian Ocean
Nerita albicilla
Linnaeus, 1758
Oxpalate nerite Indo-Pacific 3.5
Nerita amplisulcata
Macsotay & Campos, 2001
Western Atlantic 2.05
Nerita antiquata
Récluz, 1841
Western Central Pacific
Nerita argus
Récluz, 1841
Indo-Pacific 1.5
Nerita articulata
Gould, 1847
Lined nerite Indo-West Pacific
Nerita ascensionis
Gmelin, 1791
Atlantic Ocean 3.6
Nerita atramentosa
Reeve, 1855
Indo-Pacific
Nerita aurantia
Récluz, 1842
Western Pacific
Nerita chamaeleon
Linnaeus, 1758
Western Pacific 3.5
Nerita chameleon
Linnaeus, 1758
Chameleon nerite Indo-Pacific 3.5
Nerita costata
Gmelin, 1791
Indo-West Pacific
Nerita cuvieriana
Récluz, 1841
Indo-Pacific 1.9
Nerita erubescens
Reeve, 1855
Western Central Pacific
Nerita exuvia
Linnaeus, 1758
Snake's skin nerite Western Pacific 4
Nerita fulgurans
Gmelin, 1791
Antillean nerite Central Pacific and Western Atlantic 3.7
Nerita funiculata
Menke, 1851
Southeast Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Nerita guamensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Western Central Pacific
Nerita helicinoides
Reeve, 1855
Western Pacific
Nerita histrio
Linnaeus, 1758
Western Central Pacific
Nerita insculpta
Récluz, 1841
Sculptured nerite Western Pacific
Nerita lirellata
Rehder, 1980
Eastern Pacific 2.25
Nerita litterata
Gmelin, 1791
Western Central Pacific
Nerita longii
Récluz, 1842
Western Indian Ocean
Nerita maura
Récluz, 1842
Western Indian Ocean
Nerita maxima
Gmelin, 1791
Maximum nerite Western Central Pacific
Nerita morio
(Sowerby, 1833)
Eastern Pacific 1.92
Nerita nigerrima
Dillwyn, 1817
Western Central Pacific
Nerita olivaria
Le Guillou, 1841
Western Central Pacific
Nerita peloronta
Linnaeus, 1758
Bleeding tooth Western Atlantic 4.7
Nerita picea
Récluz, 1841
Pitchy nerite Pacific Ocean 3
Nerita planospira
Anton, 1839
Flatspired nerite Indo-Pacific 3.5
Nerita plicata
Linnaeus, 1758
Indo-Pacific 2.294
Nerita polita
Linnaeus, 1758
Polished nerite Indo-Pacific 4
Nerita reticulata
Karsten, 1789
Western Pacific
Nerita sanguinolenta
Menke, 1829
Mediterranean Sea
Nerita scabricosta
Lamarck, 1822
Costate nerite Indo-Pacific 3.5
Nerita semirugosa
Récluz, 1841
Western Central Pacific
Nerita senegalensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Senegal nerite Eastern Atlantic
Nerita signata
Lamarck, 1822
Reticulate nerite Western Pacific
Nerita spengleriana
Récluz, 1844
Western Central Pacific
Nerita squamulata
Le Guillou, 1841
Scaly nerite Indo-Pacific 3.5
Nerita tessellata
Gmelin, 1791
Checkered nerite Western Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic 2.5
Nerita textilis
Gmelin, 1791
Textile nerite Indo-Pacific
Nerita undata
Linnaeus, 1758
Waved nerite Indo-Pacific 4
Nerita versicolor
Gmelin, 1791
Plicate nerite Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic 3.5
Nerita yoldii
Récluz, 1841
Indo-Pacific 1.6
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