Nerita costata
Gmelin,
1791 (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Image copyrights: Guido Poppe
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritimorpha |
| Family: | Neritidae |
Image copyrights: Guido Poppe
Description
Size: 3.5 cm.
Color: Dull black, sometimes with yellow lines between the ribs, interior white, operculum green or grey.
Turbinate, spire relatively high, outer surface strongly sculptured with 12-15 broad, rough, spiral ribs, outer lip sharp-edged and fluted, inner side strongly toothed with one particularly large tooth at the posterior end, columellar deck transversely lirate posteriorly, strongly pustulose anteriorly, with 4-5 large marginal teeth, operculum minutely granulose.
Size: 3.5 cm.
Color: Dull black, sometimes with yellow lines between the ribs, interior white, operculum green or grey.
Turbinate, spire relatively high, outer surface strongly sculptured with 12-15 broad, rough, spiral ribs, outer lip sharp-edged and fluted, inner side strongly toothed with one particularly large tooth at the posterior end, columellar deck transversely lirate posteriorly, strongly pustulose anteriorly, with 4-5 large marginal teeth, operculum minutely granulose.
Synonym (s)
Common Name (s)
• Costate Nerite
• Costate Nerite
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Rocky, Coastal
Habitat: Rocky, Coastal
Biogeography
• Palk Bay INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
• SINGAPORE
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Reef Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
• Palk Bay INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
• SINGAPORE
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, North Reef Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Tikadar, BK; Daniel, A and Subbarao, NV (1986) Sea shore animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Director, ZSI, Kolkatta 188 Available at - ZSI, Pune
- Mohan, JM (1978) Ecological studies on the fauna associated with economic seaweeds of south India-1. species composition, feeding habits and interrelationships Seaweed Research and Utilization Seaweed Research and Utilization Association, Tamil Nadu 3 17 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Tan, KS and Kastoro, WW (2004) A small collection of gastropods and bivalves from the Anambas and Natuna Islands, south China Sea The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 11 47-54
- Gulbin, VV and Evseev, GA (1997) Intertidal Prosobranch Gastropods of Vietnam Galaxea Ryukyus University, Japan 13(2) 157-166 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
- Wilson, B; Wilson, C and Baker, P (1993) Australian marine shells 1 1-408 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Eddie, H Hardy's internet guide to marine gastropods Available at - http://www.gastropods.com/
- Tan, SK and Clements, R (2008) Taxonomy and distribution of the Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Singapore Zoological Studies 47(4) 481-494 Available at - http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/47.4/481.pdf
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Rao, GC; Rao, DV and Devi, K (1994) A faunal exploration of the North Reef Island sanctuary, North Andaman Journal of the Andaman Science Association Andaman Science Association, Port Blair 10(1&2) 68-81 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Rao, GC (1991) Distribution of plants and animals on the rocky sea shores of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Journal of the Andaman Science Association Andaman Science Association, Port Blair 7(2) 30-42 Available at - NIO, Goa
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