Neritidae (nerites) |
3.5 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
benthic; marine |
Indo-Pacific: from East Africa, to western Polynesia; north to southern Japan and south to southern Queensland. |
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Abundant on intertidal rocks (Ref. 349). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
Regularly collected and marketed in the northern Philippines for its shell which is extremely variable in colour, and for its edible flesh (Ref. 349). |
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