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Pleated nerite
Nerita plicata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216260, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pleated nerite
- Scientific
- Nerita plicata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Neritidae (nerites)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.3 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 7 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The pleated nerite is a thick, round shell with strong spiral ridges, usually white to cream, and a toothed opening. It lives high on rocky shores and beach rock, often clustered in crevices above the water line.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=33); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=61, 45 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Nerita-plicata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216260
- inaturalist.org /taxa/328512
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nerita_plicata_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.