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Nerita melanotragus Black Nerite

Nerita melanotragus is commonly referred to as Black 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.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Nerita melanotragus, under high tide rocks, Auckland, New Zealand 2021


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
14434 
AphiaID:
713886 
Scientific:
Nerita melanotragus 
German:
Schwarze Nerita 
English:
Black Nerite 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Cycloneritida (Order) > Neritidae (Family) > Nerita (Genus) > melanotragus (Species) 
Initial determination:
E. A. Smith, 1884 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bass Strait, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia) 
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:
1 - 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 69.8 °F (14°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
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:
2024-10-25 20:36:30 

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Nerita melanotragus E. A. Smith, 1884

The Black Nerite feeds by scraping epilithic algae using their radula. Nerites are preyed upon by reef crabs (Ozius truncatus).

Very similar to Nerita atramentosa. Shell generally indistinguishable from that of Nerita atramentosa, but the strongly brown-tinged operculum of the living animal is characteristic.

Synonymised names:
Nerita (Lisanerita) melanotragus E. A. Smith, 1884· accepted, alternate representation
Nerita atrata Reeve, 1855 (junior homonym of Nerita atrata Gmelin, 1791)
Nerita saturata Hutton, 1884

External links

  1. Great Barrier Reef Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2023.
  2. Molluscs of Tasmania (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2022.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2022.

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Nerita melanotragus, Oyster Bay, Tasmania, Australia 2014_CC BY Simon Grov
Nerita melanotragus, Auckland, New Zealand 2022
Nerita melanotragus, under high tide rocks, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Nerita melanotragus, under high tide rocks, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Nerita melanotragus, under high tide rocks, Auckland, New Zealand 2021
Nerita melanotragus, On a piece of wood jutting out of the sandflats, Whangarei District, Northland, New Zealand 2022
Nerita melanotragus, On hardened mud at the edge of a large pool full of sea,Whangarei District, Northland Australia 2022

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