Nerita albicilla

Nerita albicilla, common name the blotched nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Description
Nerita albicilla grows up to 4 cm; its shell surface is smooth or with slight transverse ridges; it has small pustules and four weak teeth on the columella. Its outer shell color is variegated black and white, occasionally with three conspicuous bands. The interior is white, with a pinkish-grey, granular operculum.



Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific


 * Aldabra
 * Australia (Kalk, 1958)
 * Chagos
 * East Coast of South Africa
 * Kenya
 * Madagascar
 * Mascarene Basin
 * Mauritius
 * Mozambique
 * Red Sea
 * Seychelles
 * Tanzania

Habitat
It is found on rocky cliffs, on rocks in the littoral fringe, and sometimes on mangrove trees.

Parasites

 * Vibrio parahaemolyticus