Nerita fulgurans

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Nerita fulgurans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
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]

Usually found on hard structures in estuarine conditions protected from significant wave action. Found along the Atlantic coast of Florida, as far North as the St. Augustine inlet, to the south it has been identified on the island Barbados.[3]

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