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Textile nerite

Nerita textilis Gmelin, 1791

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The textile nerite (Nerita textilis) is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about the textile 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 textile nerite live?

Not recorded

Is the textile 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 textile nerite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusNerita
  7. SpeciesNerita textilis Gmelin, 1791

Synonyms Nerita plexa, Nerita textilis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • zubovec textilníCzech
  • クロフアマオブネJapanese
  • Текстильная неритаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the textile nerite

Other species in the same genus Nerita.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the textile nerite?

The textile nerite (Nerita textilis) 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). Textile nerite (Nerita textilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-nerite

MLA

“Textile nerite (Nerita textilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-nerite.

BibTeX
@misc{textile_nerite_2026,
  title = {Textile nerite (Nerita textilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/textile-nerite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}