CreatureData

Bleeding tooth

Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The bleeding tooth (Nerita peloronta) is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the bleeding tooth

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bleeding tooth live?

Not recorded

Is the bleeding tooth endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bleeding tooth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusNerita
  7. SpeciesNerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Nerita erythrodon, Nerita papilio, Nerita peloronta, Nerita sanguidens

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Bleeding tooth neriteEnglish
  • zubovec karibskýCzech
  • Blutender ZahnGerman
  • Caracol nerita de dientes sangradosSpanish
  • チダシアマオブネJapanese
  • RakiouPapiamento
  • Nerite-caribenhoPortuguese
  • Кровавый зубRussian
  • nerita hroziváSlovak
  • DjacaráoPapiamento
  • DjakarouPapiamento
  • KrékchiPapiamento
  • KreuchiPapiamento
  • KrewchiPapiamento
  • RakeliouPapiamento

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bleeding tooth

Other species in the same genus Nerita.

CompareBleeding tooth vs Blotched neriteBleeding tooth vs Antillean neriteBleeding tooth vs Checkered neriteBleeding tooth vs Four-tooth nerite

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the bleeding tooth?

The bleeding tooth (Nerita peloronta) belongs to the family Neritidae in the order Cycloneritida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bleeding tooth (Nerita peloronta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bleeding-tooth

MLA

“Bleeding tooth (Nerita peloronta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bleeding-tooth.

BibTeX
@misc{bleeding_tooth_2026,
  title = {Bleeding tooth (Nerita peloronta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bleeding-tooth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}