Nerita senegalensis

Species of gastropod

Nerita senegalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Nerita
Species:
N. senegalensis
Binomial name
Nerita senegalensis
Gmelin, 1791[1]
Synonyms
  • Nerita (Theliostyla) senegalensis Gmelin, 1791· accepted, alternate representation
  • Nerita achatina Reeve, 1855
  • Nerita atrata Gmelin, 1791
  • Nerita atrata Chemnitz, 1781 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on the Official Index)
  • Nerita dunar Récluz, 1850
  • Nerita largillierti Philippi, 1849
  • Nerita scalpta Reeve, 1855
  • Neritina fraseri Reeve, 1855

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

Nerita senegalensis is a marine gastropod that appears to have a preference for specific levels of the shore. According to some laboratory and field experiments, displaced snails exhibit a general 'homing' behavior when displaced down-shore or up shore. However, cues involved in this migrational behavior have yet to be identified.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Gabon and Senegal.

References

  1. ^ 05/04/10. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  3. ^ Antwi, D. A.; Ameyaw-Akumfi, C. (1 March 1987). "Migrational orientation in two species of littoral gastropods (Littorina angulifera and Nerita senegalensis)". Marine Biology. 94 (2): 259–263. doi:10.1007/BF00392938. ISSN 1432-1793.
  • Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus
  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
  • Reeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Nerita. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-19, and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
  • Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10
Taxon identifiers
Nerita senegalensis
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