Common name of Smaragdia viridis
 
Common Name Emerald nerite
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex
Core
1st Modifier
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'nerite', from Latin 'nerita', i.e., a sea mussel resembling the nautilus.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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