Nerita fulgurans

Nerita fulgurans
Nerita fulgurans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species: N. fulgurans
Binomial name
Nerita fulgurans
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita antillarum Gmelin, 1791
  • Nerita nigreola Röding, 1798
  • Nerita praecognita C. B. Adams, 1845
  • Nerita albipunctata Reeve, 1855
  • Nerita lindae Petuch, 1988

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

Description

Nerita fulgurans shells

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.[3]

Circulatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Nerita fulgurans is 1060 mOsm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Malacolog : Nerita fulgurans
  2. ↑ Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. ↑ Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.

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