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Nerita nerite (no English common name)
Nerita nigrita
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 596083, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Nerita nerite (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Nerita nigrita
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Neritidae (nerites)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small nerite with a dark, ridged shell. It lives on rocky shores and beach rock in the intertidal zone.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 4 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596083
- inaturalist.org /taxa/909395
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.