Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758

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Nerita histrio Linnaeus, 1758

Figs 3 C–D

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Nerita (Theliostyla) squamulata Le Guillou, 1841 : Okutani 2000: 102 –103, pl. 51, fig. 8; Thach 2005: 38, pl. 6, figs 1, 6, 21. Nerita histrio: Lozouet & Plaziat 2008: 106 –107, pl. 17, figs 5–8; Tan & Clements 2008: 486, figs 2-11, 2-12.

Nerita squamulata: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 8 .

Material examined. Nha Phu, Dam Bay, in natural and planted mangroves, about 20 specimens.

Abundance. Common.

Measurements. Up to 20 mm ( Okutani 2000).

Ecological notes. Development with free swimming veliger ( Fukumori & Kano 2014).

Found on mangrove tree trunks and stilt roots, on muddy rocks at coastal fringes of mangroves, on boulders in sheltered waters or estuary ( Okutani 2000; Tan & Clements 2008).

In studied sites it was found on sediment surface under mangrove trees and occasionally on pneumatophores of Rhizophora trees.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Northern - east coast, central coast, southern delta ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. IWP: India to Samoa, and southern Japan to northern Australia ( Frey 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A – B. Nerita albicilla (14 mm). C – D. Nerita histrio (18 mm). E – F. Nerita planospira (26 mm). G – H. Nerita undata (21 mm). I – J. Neripteron siquijorense (4 mm). K – L. Neripteron subauriculatum (10 mm). M – N. Clithon oualaniense (7 mm). O – P. Clithon faba (10 mm). Q – R. Clithon faba (6 mm).