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.
Fossil record Fossils of this species have been found in Pleistocene deposits in Djibouti.
Parasites Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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