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Rice-marked nerite

Nerita oryzarum Récluz, 1841

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The rice-marked nerite (Nerita oryzarum) is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about the rice-marked nerite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 rice-marked nerite live?

Not recorded

Is the rice-marked 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 rice-marked nerite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusNerita
  7. SpeciesNerita oryzarum Récluz, 1841

Synonyms Nerita haustrum, Nerita oryzarum

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rice-marked nerite

Other species in the same genus Nerita.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the rice-marked nerite?

The rice-marked nerite (Nerita oryzarum) belongs to the family Neritidae in the order Cycloneritida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rice-marked nerite (Nerita oryzarum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rice-marked-nerite

MLA

“Rice-marked nerite (Nerita oryzarum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rice-marked-nerite.

BibTeX
@misc{rice_marked_nerite_2026,
  title = {Rice-marked nerite (Nerita oryzarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rice-marked-nerite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}