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Neritina
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Neritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2] They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks
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Neritina | |
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Two live individuals of Neritina natalensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
Family: | Neritidae |
Genus: | Neritina Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
Type species | |
Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini.[3]