Marine Invertebrates
Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca)
Sea Snails, Limpets (Gastropoda, excluding Euthyneura)
Sighting 4432981

Nerita melanotragus

Black Nerite at Lilli Pilli, NSW

Nerita melanotragus at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 19 Dec 2021 05:51 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 19 Dec 2021 05:51 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 19 Dec 2021 05:51 PM
Nerita melanotragus at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 19 Dec 2021 05:51 PM
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Identification history

Nerita melanotragus 24 Apr 2022 Jennyncmg
Nerita melanotragus 24 Apr 2022 Amata

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Jennyncmg wrote:
   24 Apr 2022
The oval white spots on the rock near the Nerita are its egg cases. Each case contains many eggs.

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Less than 1m Depth of sighting

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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  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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