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Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758

216260  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216260)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Neritimorpha (Subclass)
  6. Cycloneritida (Order)
  7. Neritoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Neritidae (Family)
  9. Neritinae (Subfamily)
  10. Nerita (Genus)
  11. Nerita plicata (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Habitat: rocky cliffs (Ruwa, 1984).
Globose shell, up to 3 cm, with well-marked ridges. Columella with three strong teeth,...  
Description Habitat: rocky cliffs (Ruwa, 1984).
Globose shell, up to 3 cm, with well-marked ridges. Columella with three strong teeth, outer lip with 2 strong and 3 weak teeth. Colour creamy (ocasionally with black dots). Operculum smooth and brown. Habitat: on rocks in the supralittoral fringe. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216260 on 2025-07-16
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2012-01-11 17:52:07Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2023-11-10 19:00:30Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Nerita tautirana Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193.
page(s): 192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Nerita otaitensis R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 370 [details] 

original description (of Nerita ringens Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Nerita</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pls 1-19, and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-5, Jun. 1855; 1, 6-19, Aug. 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141840 [details] 

original description (of Nerita lactaria Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322 [details] 

original description (of Nerita torva Menke, 1851) Menke, C. T. (1851). Conchylien von Mazatlan mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 7(11): 161-173 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 7(12): 177-190 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 8(2): 17-25 [30 June 1851]; 8(3): 33-38 [15 July 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300461 [details] 

original description (of Nerita eburnea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] 

Other

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details] 

additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] 

additional source Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
page(s): 10. [details] 

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 48 [details] 

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 30. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 17. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Habitat: rocky cliffs (Ruwa, 1984).
Globose shell, up to 3 cm, with well-marked ridges. Columella with three strong teeth, outer lip with 2 strong and 3 weak teeth. Colour creamy (ocasionally with black dots). Operculum smooth and brown. Habitat: on rocks in the supralittoral fringe. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
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Japanese キバアマガイ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (505 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (128 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nerita (Ritena) plicata Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nerita plicata) 
To GenBank (517 nucleotides; 524 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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