Nerita textilis Textile Nerite, Rough Nerite

Nerita textilisis commonly referred to as Textile Nerite, Rough Nerite. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 216248

Scientific:: Nerita textilis
German:: Nixenschnecke
English:: Textile Nerite, Rough Nerite

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Nerita (Genus) > textilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Gmelin, 1791

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.97" (2cm - 5cm)
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: algae grazer, epiphytes feeder
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nerita adenensis
Nerita albicilla
Nixenschnecke
Nerita alveolus
Nerita antiquata
Nerita argus
Nerita ascensionis
Nerita aterrima
Nerita atramentosa
Schwarze Nerita
Nerita balteata
Nixenschnecke
Nerita chamaeleon
Nerita chlorostoma
Nerita costata
Nixenschnecke
Nerita costulata
Nerita crassa
Nerita dombeyi
Nerita erythrostoma
Nerita essingtoni
Nerita exuvia
Nerita filosa
Nerita fragum
Nerita fulgurans
Nerita fuliginata
Nerita funiculata
Nerita grasi
Nerita grisea
Nerita grossa
Nerita guamensis
Nerita helicinoides
Nerita histrio
Nerita incerta
Nerita incurva
Nerita insculpta
Nerita japonica
Nerita lirellata
Nerita litterata
Nerita longii
Nerita luteonigra
Nerita magdalenae
Nerita maura
Nerita maxima
Nerita melanotragus
Schwarze Nerita
Nerita morio
Nerita neritopsoides
Nerita nigerrima
Nerita nigrita
Nerita novaeguineae
Nerita ocellata
Nerita olivaria
Nerita orbignyana
Nerita oryzarum
Nerita patula
Nerita peloronta
Nerita picea
Nerita planospira
Nerita plicata
Falten-Nerite, Milchnerite
Nerita polita
Glatte Nixenschnecke
Nerita quadricolor
Nerita sanguinolenta
Nerita scabricosta
Nerita semirugosa
Nerita senegalensis
Nerita signata
Nerita striata
Nerita tessellata
Nerita textilis
Nixenschnecke
Nerita trifasciata
Nerita tristis
Nerita umlaasiana
Nerita undata
Nerita undulata
Nerita versicolor
Nixenschnecke
Nerita vexillum
Nerita vitiensis
Nerita winteri
Nerita yoldii

More related species in this lexicon:

Nerita tesselata
Schnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-04-08 11:45:21
Last edit:: 2019-09-09 23:07:11

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Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791

Up to 5 cm, surface texture of broad, ridged, spiral cords. Thick, granulose operculum. Exterior white with black spots widely spaced on cords. Thick and denticulate outer lip, colour bluish-grey. Habitat: on rocks in the littoral fringe.

good algae grazer

Synonymised names
Nerita (Theliostyla) textilis Gmelin, 1791· accepted, alternate representation
Nerita plexa Dillwyn, 1817

Scientific paper

Long-Lasting Substrate Marking in the Collective Homing of the Gastropod Nerita textilis, G. Chelazzi, P. Della Santina and M. Vannini, 1985
Field observations on the rhythmic behaviour ofNerita textilis(Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), M. Vannini; G. Chelazzi, 1978

External links

Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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