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Scientific name |
Nerita atramentosa |
Common name |
Black Nerite |
Life on the Edge |
Page 30 |
Group |
Sea Snails |
Where to find |
Mid to high intertidal areas of rocky shores |
Description |
| Black Nerites are glossy black on the top and have a distinctive white lip underneath with a black operculum. Shell up to 3 cm long
An herbivorous snail, the Black Nerite is particularly abundant in the holes on the basalt boulders within the Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary. |
