Nerita polita Sea Snail, polished nerite

Nerita polita is commonly referred to as Sea Snail, polished nerite. Difficulty in the aquarium: очень просто. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3053 

AphiaID:

600671 

Scientific:

Nerita polita 

German:

Glatte Nixenschnecke 

English:

Sea Snail, Polished Nerite 

Category:

Моллюски 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Nerita (Genus) > polita (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Austral Islands, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Guam, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Pacific Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

- 2 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Detritus 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

очень просто 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Nerita adenensis
• 
  Nerita albicilla
  Ochsenzungen Nerita
• Nerita alveolus
• Nerita antiquata
• Nerita argus
• Nerita ascensionis
• Nerita aterrima
• 
  Nerita atramentosa
  Schwarze Nerita
• 
  Nerita balteata
  Linien Nerita
• 
  Nerita chamaeleon
  Chamäleon Nerita
• 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 Nerita, Milchnerite
• 
  Nerita polita
  Glatte Nixenschnecke
• Nerita quadricolor
• Nerita sanguinolenta
• Nerita scabricosta
• Nerita semirugosa
• Nerita senegalensis
• Nerita signata
• Nerita striata
• 
  Nerita tessellata
  Karierte Nerita, Nixenschnecke
• 
  Nerita textilis
  Nixenschnecke
• Nerita trifasciata
• Nerita tristis
• Nerita umlaasiana
• Nerita undata
• Nerita undulata
• 
  Nerita versicolor
  Nixenschnecke
• Nerita vexillum
• Nerita vitiensis
• Nerita winteri
• Nerita yoldii
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-02-28 15:54:34 

Last edit:

2026-07-01 16:08:07 

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