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Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
08-28-2011, 05:48 AM,
#1
Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
Hello everybody,

Here are some pictures of Neritidae and Naticidae. I can only offer the size, so if anyone knows of an approximate locality, that would be of great help too.

First: 17'5 mm.

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Second: 19.1 mm

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Third: 25 mm

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Fourth: 22 mm

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Fifth: 30 mm

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Best wishes,

Emma.
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08-28-2011, 06:12 AM,
#2
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
Hi Emma!
Some suggestions:
First: should be Natica tigrina (Röding, 1798), Southeast-Asia
Second: might be Neritina coromandeliana Sowerby, 1836, Southeast-Asia
Third: should be Nerita albicilla Linnaeus, 1758, Southeast-Asia.
So far for today  Wink,
best wishes: wolf
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08-28-2011, 11:24 AM,
#3
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
I agree with the above, and #4 is Nerita signata.
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08-28-2011, 06:14 PM,
#4
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
Thanks Paul and Wolf!!

Best wishes,

Emma.
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08-28-2011, 08:27 PM,
#5
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
        Second can bee : Neritina (Vittina) turrita
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08-29-2011, 11:48 AM,
#6
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
Not turrita, the spire is not high enough. This group of Neritidae is in a terrible mess with species being misnamed all over the place, personally I would say it was Neritina gagates but coromandeliana is as good as name as any.
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08-29-2011, 04:19 PM,
#7
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
My input:
#3 is albicilla (also very common in western indian ocean)
I have a few similar Neritina as #2 from Mauritius. I identified them as gagates aswell.
#5 is perhaps Nerita undata Linne 1758 (indopacific).
Pierre
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08-29-2011, 09:17 PM,
#8
Re: Unknown Neritidae and Naticidae
Thanks Pierre!!

Best wishes,

Emma.
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