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.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Nerita tesselata © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 419505

Scientific:: Nerita tessellata
German:: Karierte Nerita, Nixenschnecke
English:: Checkered Nerite

Category:: Snails

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:

Nerita adenensis
Nerita albicilla
Ochsenzungen Nerita
Nerita alveolus
Nerita antiquata
Nerita argus
Nerita ascensionis
Nerita aterrima
Nerita atramentosa
Schwarze Nerita
Nerita balteata
Linien Nerita
Nerita chamaeleon
Chamäleon Nerita
Nerita chlorostoma
Nerita costata
Nixenschnecke
Nerita costulata
Nerita crassa
Nerita dombeyi
Nerita erythrostoma
Nerita essingtoni
Nerita exuvia
Nerita filosa
Nerita fragum
Nerita fulgurans
Nerita fuliginata
Nerita funiculata
Nerita grasi
Nerita grisea
Nerita grossa
Nerita guamensis
Nerita helicinoides
Nerita histrio
Nerita incerta
Nerita incurva
Nerita insculpta
Nerita japonica
Nerita lirellata
Nerita litterata
Nerita longii
Nerita luteonigra
Nerita magdalenae
Nerita maura
Nerita maxima
Nerita melanotragus
Schwarze Nerita
Nerita morio
Nerita neritopsoides
Nerita nigerrima
Nerita nigrita
Nerita novaeguineae
Nerita ocellata
Nerita olivaria
Nerita orbignyana
Nerita oryzarum
Nerita patula
Nerita peloronta
Nerita picea
Nerita planospira
Nerita plicata
Falten Nerita, Milchnerite
Nerita polita
Glatte Nixenschnecke
Nerita quadricolor
Nerita sanguinolenta
Nerita scabricosta
Nerita semirugosa
Nerita senegalensis
Nerita signata
Nerita striata
Nerita tessellata
Karierte Nerita, Nixenschnecke
Nerita textilis
Nixenschnecke
Nerita trifasciata
Nerita tristis
Nerita umlaasiana
Nerita undata
Nerita undulata
Nerita versicolor
Nixenschnecke
Nerita vexillum
Nerita vitiensis
Nerita winteri
Nerita yoldii

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-09-15 18:21:53
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

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

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Nerita tesselata © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Nerita tessellata,Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands 2025

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