nerite

English

Side view of a live Theodoxus fluviatilis, a nerite snail.

Shells displaying the variation of Vittina waigiensis.

Etymology

From Latin nērīta.

Noun

nerite (plural nerites)

Any snail of the genus Nerita, or more generally, of the family Neritidae.

Related terms

neritic

Translations

mollusk

French: nérite (fr) f

Anagrams

entier, entire, in-tree, triene

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