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Nerita tessellata checkered nerite

Nerita tessellata is commonly referred to as checkered nerite. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Nerita tesselata © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland


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lexID:
6059 
AphiaID:
419505 
Scientific:
Nerita tessellata 
German:
Karierte Nerita, Nixenschnecke 
English:
Checkered Nerite 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Nerita (Genus) > tessellata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gmelin, 1791 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, the Caribbean, Venezuela 
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:
0 - 3 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Intertidal reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
0.79" - 0.79" (2cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
26,3 °F - 28,3 °F (26,3°C - 28,3°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-27 20:39:58 

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Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791

Nerita tessellata is named for the black and white checkered pattern on the shell, which covers a series of coarse irregular spiral ridges.The calcareous operculum is black.Nerita tessellata feeds on algae.

Synonymised names
Nerita (Theliostyla) tessellata Gmelin, 1791 · alternative representation
Nerita angulata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Nerita exarata L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted
Nerita varia Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase.se (en). Abgerufen am 27.06.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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