Nerita plicata

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4 m
Water temperature17–30 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

About this species

Nerita plicata is a species of tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. This species is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Nerita plicata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 25 records
February: 19 records
March: 26 records
April: 11 records
May: 23 records
June: 32 records
July: 78 records
August: 17 records
September: 21 records
October: 32 records
November: 16 records
December: 31 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4 m · Deepest record: 39.6 m

0–10 m: 770 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–30 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 35 records
24–26 °C: 71 records
26–28 °C: 199 records
28–30 °C: 170 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

French: Nérite d'O-Taïti
Japanese: キバアマガイ

Other scientific names: Nerita (Ritena) plicata, Nerita eburnea, Nerita lactaria, Nerita otaitensis, Nerita ringens, Nerita tautirana, Ritena plicata

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,806 open-data records from 1758 to 2018.

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