Nerita orbignyana

Nerita orbignyana
Two vies of a beachworn shell of Nerita orbignyana
NE[1]
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

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

References

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