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Lined Nerite

Nerita balteata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) swildem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 14, February 11, March 8, April 2, May 4, June 5, July 18, August 6, September 15, October 9, November 3, December 3.
Singapore98
Australia82
Queensland62
NORTH REGION55
Malaysia22
EAST REGION17
Northern Territory10
Thailand10
Vietnam9
China8

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCycloneritida
FamilyNerite Snails · Neritidae
GenusNerita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lined Nerite with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.