Nerita peloronta
| Nerita peloronta | |
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| shell & Opercule of Nerita peloronta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Nerita |
| Species: | N. peloronta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerita peloronta, common name the "Bleeding Tooth", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
Variation in coloring of the outer surface of the shell of Nerita peloronta
The shell of this species is large compared with many other nerite species. The shell is thick and short spired. Its surface can have slightly raised spiral ridges. The dark red operculum is granulated on its inner side. The color of the shell is yellow, reddish, or creamy, with darker streaks or zigzags. Although many nerites have "teeth" on the columellar edge, this species is notable for the fact that it has an area of red coloration next to the "teeth", hence the common name "Bleeding Tooth".
Distribution
Rocks inshore. W.Indies, W.Florida, Bermuda, and the Caribbean.
References
- ↑ Malacolog: Nerita peloronta
- ↑ Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- Récluz, C. 1850. Notice sur le genre Nérita et sur le S.-G. Neritina, avec le catalogue synonymique des Néritines. Journal de Conchyliologie 1: 131-164, 282-288, pls. 3, 7.
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