Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Lightning Nerite
Nerita fulgurans
Lightning Nerite
Category: Nerite Snails
Scientific Name: Nerita fulgurans
Size: Up to 1.5 in. (37 cm)  
Depth: 0-6 ft. (0-2 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Gulf of America
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Neritimorpha (Subclass)
  └Cycloneritida (Order)
   └Neritidae (Family) Nerite Snails
    └Nerita (Genus)
     └N. fulgurans (Species)
WoRMS ID: 419503🔗
iNaturalist ID: 82796🔗

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