Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Synonyms: Nerita atrata Gmelin 1791, Nerita melanotragus Smith 1884, Nerita saturata Hutton 1884
Belongs to Nerita according to J. W. Short and D. G. Potter 1987
Sister taxa: Nerita (Amphinerita), Nerita (Bajanerita), Nerita (Chingua), Nerita (Heminerita), Nerita (Linnerita), Nerita (Nerita), Nerita (Ritena), Nerita (Theliostyla), Nerita (Trochonerita), Nerita balteata, Nerita beali, Nerita biangulata, Nerita compacta, Nerita conoidea, Nerita cooki, Nerita costata, Nerita crooki, Nerita decorata, Nerita deformis, Nerita filosa, Nerita globosa, Nerita granulosa, Nerita hadra, Nerita helicina, Nerita klipsteini, Nerita listrota, Nerita malheiroi, Nerita mammaria, Nerita multigranosa, Nerita munita, Nerita oligopleura, Nerita ornata, Nerita ornata, Nerita orovillensis, Nerita oviformis, Nerita palaeomorpha, Nerita planospira, Nerita pulligera, Nerita reticulirata, Nerita rumphi, Nerita salsa, Nerita semilevis, Nerita squamulata, Nerita squatina, Nerita subgranulosa, Nerita tessellata, Nerita tricarinata, Nerita undata, Nerita versicolor, Nerita violacea, Nerita vokesi
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Ascot Formation (younger), Perth Basin (Pliocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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