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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.
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.
Vittina natalensis, commonly known as spotted nerite or zebra nerite, [2] [3] is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [4] It returns to brackish waters to reproduce.
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
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 ...
The zebra nerite snail is frequently sold to aquarists. These specimens are typically wild caught, since the snail is difficult to breed in captivity. This snail is typically sold as an algae eater as it will constantly scrape the glass, hardscape and substrate of the aquarium for algae with its rasping mouth. They are capable of surviving in ...