Nerita senegalensis
Nerita senegalensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Neritidae |
Genus: | Nerita |
Species: | N. senegalensis |
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Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791[1] | |
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Nerita senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 13 mm.
Nerita senegalensis is a marine gastropod that appears to have a preference for specific levels of the shore. According to some laboratory and field experiments, displaced snails exhibit a general 'homing' behavior when displaced down-shore or up shore. However, cues involved in this migrational behavior have yet to be identified.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Gabon and Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ 05/04/10. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Nerita senegalensis Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
- ^ Antwi, D. A.; Ameyaw-Akumfi, C. (1 March 1987). "Migrational orientation in two species of littoral gastropods (Littorina angulifera and Nerita senegalensis)". Marine Biology. 94 (2): 259–263. doi:10.1007/BF00392938. ISSN 1432-1793.
- Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
- Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus
External links
[edit]- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Reeve, L. A. (1855). Monograph of the genus Nerita. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-19, and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10
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