Nerita signata

Species of gastropod

Nerita signata

Nerita signata
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Neritimorpha
Order:  | Cycloneritida
Family:  | Neritidae
Genus:  | Nerita
Species:  |

N. signata

Binomial name
Nerita signata

Lamarck, 1822

Synonyms[1]

* Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation
* Nerita petechialis Mörch, 1852
* Nerita pygmaea Martens, 1889
* Nerita reticulata Karsten, 1789 (unavailable: published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1877)
* Nerita reticulata var. pygmaea Martens, 1889 (junior synonym)
* Nerita rudis Wood, 1828
* Nerita samoensis Dunker, 1869
* Nerita siquata [sic] (misspelling)

Nerita signata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

## Description

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The size of the shell attains 26 mm.

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## Distribution

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This species occurs off Papua New Guinea

## References

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1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Krijnen, C. (2014). Nerita (Argonerita) signata Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216261 on 30 May 2014
2. ^ Nerita signata Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.

## External links

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* Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
* Martens, E. von. (1856-1889). Die Gattungen Nerita und Neritopsis. In: W. Kobelt, Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes elfte Abtheilung. 2 (11): 1-147, plates A, 1-15. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe
* Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1] \+ 59 pp., plates 1-8,
* Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques.
* Dunker, W. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV. Hamburg. xxxix, 139 pp

Taxon identifiers

Nerita signata|

* Wikidata: Q6996331
* AFD: Nerita_(Argonerita)_signata
* CoL: 475LM
* EoL: 4881985
* GBIF: 5728460
* iNaturalist: 784022
* IRMNG: 10835109
* OBIS: 596068
* Open Tree of Life: 132713
* SeaLifeBase: 90119
* WoRMS: 596068

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