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Polished nerite
Nerita polita
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 600671, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Polished nerite
- Scientific
- Nerita polita
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Neritidae (nerites)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The polished nerite has a smooth, glossy, rounded shell in grey, black, white, pink or banded patterns. It lives on rocky shores and beach rock in the intertidal zone and hides under rocks or in sand by day.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=16); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=16, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Nerita-polita.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600671
- inaturalist.org /taxa/358849
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nerita_polita_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.