Nerita undata

About this species

Nerita undata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.SynonymsNerita undata quadricolor Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Nerita quadricolor Gmelin, 1791 Nerita undata var. micronesica E. von Martens, 1887: synonym of Nerita maura Récluz, 1842

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 41 records
February: 149 records
March: 39 records
April: 37 records
May: 37 records
June: 61 records
July: 96 records
August: 61 records
September: 75 records
October: 39 records
November: 29 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–4 m · Deepest record: 39.6 m

0–10 m: 12 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 12 records
24–26 °C: 104 records
26–28 °C: 156 records
28–30 °C: 191 records

Photos

(c) Dr. Nasser Halaweh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cheng-Te Hsu, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Egor Dyukarev, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Mark Clarke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) mikami-kun, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Steven Bodzin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Doreen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: アラスジアマオブネ

Other scientific names: Nerita (Cymostyla) undata, Nerita leguillouana, Nerita proxima, Ritena undata

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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).
623 open-data records from 1758 to 2021.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.