Nerita textilis Gmelin 1791

Nerita textilis, common name the textile nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 cm. Its surface texture shows broad, ridged, spiral cords. The thick operculum is granulose. The exterior is white with black spots that are widely spaced on the cords. The outer lip is thick and denticulate. Its colour is bluish-grey.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs on rocks in the littoral fringe of the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, the east coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene basin, Mozambique and Tanzania.

References

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 49
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

Nerita textilis is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Neritidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1791 door Johann Friedrich Gmelin in diens uitgebreide en verbeterde editie van Systema Naturae van Carolus Linnaeus.^[2]