Marine Invertebrates
Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca)
Sea Snails, Limpets (Gastropoda, excluding Euthyneura)
Sighting 3370737

Nerita melanotragus

Black Nerite at Murrah, NSW

Nerita melanotragus at Murrah, NSW - 17 Jan 2017 04:59 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Murrah, NSW - 17 Jan 2017 04:59 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Murrah, NSW - 17 Jan 2017 04:59 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Murrah, NSW - 17 Jan 2017 04:59 PM
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Identification history

Nerita melanotragus 29 Jan 2017 Jennyncmg
Nerita melanotragus 28 Jan 2017 David64
Unverified 28 Jan 2017 narelle

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1 comment

Jennyncmg wrote:
   29 Jan 2017
Ideally it would be good to have a photo of the underside of the live Nerita to confirm that it isn't the other species, Nerita atramentosa

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Sighting information

Species information

  • Nerita melanotragus Scientific name
  • Black Nerite Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 18m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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