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Shells of Vitta virginea can reach an average size of 6–25 millimetres (0.24–0.98 in). [4] These colorful grass-flat snails show extremely variable pattern and color. They are semiglobular, with 3 or 4 whor
Vittina waigiensis, commonly known as the red racer nerite or the gold racer nerite, is a species of a freshwater, brackish water, or marine snail native to the Philippines and Indonesia (Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands). It belongs to the family Neritidae.
Living for up to two years, these spiral-shaped snails, which sometimes have black spots, will feel right at home in hard water, with a pH level between 6.5 and 8.5 and a temperature between 65 ...
Neritina (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2] They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks. Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini. [3]
Native to brackish tidal waters such as mangrove swamps, this snail is also classified as Vittina turrita, [5] and is sold in the freshwater aquarium trade under the common name "tiger nerite" or "tiger snail." [6] Adults may thrive in fresh water with sufficient dissolved minerals. The species has separate male and female individuals; females ...
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum. [2] The family Neritidae includes marine genera such as Nerita, marine and freshwater genera such as Neritina, and freshwater and brackish water genera such as Theodoxus.
More than 1,300 pea-sized, critically endangered snails that were bred in a zoo have been set free to wander (very slowly) on a remote Atlantic island. The release brings two species of Desertas ...
Zebra nerite may refer to several species of nerite snails in the aquarium trade with striped shells, including: Vittina natalensis, also known as spotted nerite, native to the coastal plain of East Africa; Vittina waigiensis, also known as the red racer nerites or gold racer nerites, native to the Philippines and parts of Indonesia