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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neritimorpha (Subclass) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritoidea (Superfamily) > Neritidae (Family) > Nerita (Genus)
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  • Genus: Nerita

  • Nerita melanotragus E.A. Smith, 1884
    Width 36mm, Height 30mm
    Black Nerita, Marine
    North Island, and northern part of South Island. Also Kermadec Islands, Tasmania and New South Wales to Western Australia. Common on mid-tidal rocks
    KAC
  • Nerita plicata Linnaeus, 1758
    Height 25mm, Width 25mm
    Marine
    Indo-West Pacific. Australia, Kermadec Islands
    K
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil