species: Nerita polita in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Nerita polita


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nerita polita from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nerita polita from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Nerita polita from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neritopsina
Family Neritidae
Genus Nerita
Species Nerita polita

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Coleman, N. (1976). Aerial respiration of nerites from the north-east Coast of Australia, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 27: 455-466. LIRS catalog number 298.
  • Lambrides, A.B.J., I.J. McNiven, S.J. Aird, K.A. Lowe, P. Moss, C. Rowe, C. Harris, C. Maclaurin, S.A. Slater, K. Carroll, M.H. Cedar, F. Petchey, C. Reepmeyer, M. Harris, J. Charlie, E. McGreen, P. Baru and S. Ulm (2020). Changing use of Lizard Island over the past 4000 years and implications for understanding Indigenous offshore island use on the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland Archaeological Research, 23: 43-109. LIRS catalog number 2470.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.