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Nerita peloronta

Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758

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Description

Diagnostic Description

Original description: "N. testa striata, labiis dentatis: interiore planiusculo rugoso" (Linnaeus 1758).

Type specimens: http://www.linnean-online.org/view/shells/nerita_peloronta.html

Author(s): Frey, Melissa A.
Rights holder(s): Frey, Melissa A.

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Author(s): Frey, Melissa A.
Rights holder(s): Frey, Melissa A.

Ecology and Distribution

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida; Caribbean; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico to Venezuela

Author(s): Frey, Melissa A.
Rights holder(s): Frey, Melissa A.

Habitat

Marine intertidal: rocky shores; upper littoral

Author(s): Frey, Melissa A.
Rights holder(s): Frey, Melissa A.

References

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Fetter, V. (1965).  Functional studies of the anatomy of some neritid prosobranchs. Journal of Zoology. 147, 46-74.
Hoffman, D. L., Homan W. C., Swanson J., & Weldon P. J. (1978).  Flight responses of three congeneric species of intertidal gastropods (Prosobranchia: Neritidae) to sympatric predatory gastropods from Barbados. The Veliger. 21(2), 293-296.
Holthuis, B. (1995).  Evolution between marine and freshwater habitats: a case study of the gastropod suborder Neritopsina. Zoology. Ph.D., 286.
Houbrick, J. R. (1968).  A survey of the littoral marine mollusks of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The Veliger. 11(1), 4-23.
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Lewis, J. B. (1960).  The fauna of rocky shores of Barbados, West Indies. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 38, 391-435.
Lewis, J. B. (1971).  Comparative respiration of some tropical intertidal gastropods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 6, 101-108.
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Mattox, N. T. (1949).  Effects on drying on certain marine snails from Puerto Rico. Ecology. 30(2), 242-244.
Reeve, L. (1855).  Monograph of the Genus Nerita. Conchologia Iconica. 9, pls. 1-19.
Reynolds, W. W., & Reynolds L. J. (1977).  Zoogeography and the predator-prey 'arms race:' a comparison of Eriphia and Nerita species from three faunal regions. Hydrobiologia. 56, 63-67.
Russell, H. D. (1941).  The recent mollusks of the family Neritidae of the western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 347-404. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University.
Stephenson, T. A., & Stephenson A. (1950).  Life between tide-marks in North America, I. The Florida Keys. Journal of Ecology. 38(2), 354-402.
Vermeij, G. J. (1973).  Morphological patterns in high-intertidal gastropods: Adaptive strategies and the limitations. Marine Biology. 20, 319-346.