{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Reeve, 1855","RecordModifiedOn":"2021-06-07","CAAB_code":"24057001","phylum":"Mollusca","Notes":"This species has a black operculum and is found in southern Australia. Animals from southeastern Australia and New Zealand with tan opercula that were previously included in this species have recently been shown to be a closely related but different species, <i>Nerita melanotragus</i> - see Spencer <i>et al</i>, 2007. <i>Nerita atramentosa</i> is not found in New Zealand.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Spencer, H., Waters, J.M. & Eichhorst, T.E., 2007. Taxonomy and nomenclature of black nerites (Gastropoda: Neritimorpha: <i>Nerita</i>) from the South Pacific., <i>Invertebrate Systematics</i>, Vol. 21: 229-237.","Parent_Id":24057902,"scientificName":"Nerita atramentosa","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Cycloneritimorpha","otherVernacularNames":"black nerite|black crow","Reference":"Wilson, B., 1993, <i>Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I</i>. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.","vernacularName":"[a nerite]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2000-08-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:713884","family":"Neritidae","standardName":"","class":"Gastropoda","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f9d004aa-200e-4699-8596-162189e7e4ba","CAAB_status":"Valid"}