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Nerita versicolor

Nerita versicolor

Gmelin, 1791

Family: Neritidae
Order: Cycloneritimorpha
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Nerita versicolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

 The maximum recorded shell length is 20.5 mm.

Shell small, consisting of 3 whorls and a smooth protoconch. The body whorl is large and flattened globose briefly, concave below the suture, sculptured with spiral cords 15–17 . The aperture is wide . The columela is lunate, with a straight edge and contains four teeth. The color of the shell is irregular with white, black and red or pink. The operculum is calcareous, slightly concave papillose and gray to brown externally

Distribution: Widespread species in the Caribbean Sea. In Venezuela is noted for its coast, just as in Colombia

Source: Wikipedia, article Nerita versicolor. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
180472223/07/2023ColombiaSan Andrés y ProvidenciaRocky Kay, San AndrésHugo Caverzasi
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Nerita versicolor – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.