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Olive nerite

Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The olive nerite (Vitta usnea) is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about the olive nerite

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 olive nerite live?

Not recorded

Is the olive nerite 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 olive nerite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusVitta
  7. SpeciesVitta usnea (Röding, 1798)

Synonyms Nerita microstoma, Nerita usnea, Neritina floridana, Neritina gravis, Neritina jamaicensis, Neritina lineolata, Neritina microstoma, Neritina reclivata, Neritina reclivata sphaera, Neritina reticulata, Neritina rotundata, Neritina sphaera, Neritina usnea, Theodoxus reclivatus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Olive nerite snailEnglish
  • Caracol aceituna de branquiasSpanish
  • オリーブカノコJapanese
  • Nerite-olivaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the olive nerite

Other species in the same genus Vitta.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the olive nerite?

The olive nerite (Vitta usnea) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Olive nerite (Vitta usnea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-nerite

MLA

“Olive nerite (Vitta usnea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-nerite.

BibTeX
@misc{olive_nerite_2026,
  title = {Olive nerite (Vitta usnea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-nerite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}