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Definition of Nerita
1. Noun. A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
Definition of Nerita
1. n. A genus of marine gastropods, mostly natives of warm climates.
Medical Definition of Nerita
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nerita
Literary usage of Nerita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"nerita tessellata Gmelin, Dillwyn, Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, 1822.
... nerita tessellata Gmelin, Watson, Voyage HMS Challenger, Zoology, fig. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1901)
"nerita atraía, Angas. PZS Lond, p. 175. 1867. nerita atrata, Angas. Id. p. 212.
1873. ... nerita punctata, Watson (non Quoy and Gaimard). Chali. ..."
3. A Manual of Conchology: According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with by Thomas Wyatt (1838)
"nerita. The Hoof Shell. Seventeen species. A marine shell, never spined, but
variously striated. Some species of this genus are very beautiful; ..."
4. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"(Genus nerita, Lam.) A. Species with a single median tooth on tho left lip. ...
Ex. nerita canora. P. Species with the columellar lip toothed ; the two ..."
5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1878)
"Soc. Cuv., 1841, p. 147. Hab. Cape Grenville, North East Australia, found on the
rocks at low water. 3.—nerita ANTIQUATA. nerita antiquata ..."
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