MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Nerita polita Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume one. Harxheim, Conchbooks. pp. 1-694. [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
Vermeij G.J. (1984). The systematic position of the neritid prosobranch gastropod <i>Nerita polita</i> and related species. <i>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</i>, 97(4): 688-692. [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 [request]
Unverified
Authority Lamarck as author in Kalk (1958). [details]
Description Habitat: wet fine sandy shore (Ruwa, 1984).
Distinctive smooth and polished shell, up to 4 cm, smooth columella with 2-4 weak teeth on the edge. Colour variable, mottled grey, red or cream, sometimes with axial bands. Operculum smooth, cream to black. Habitat: Littoral fringe of rocky shores. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997); Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
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