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Neritina

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Ner`i`ti´na
prop. n.1.(Zool.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.
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Noun1.Neritina - ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish watersneritina - ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
neritid, neritid gastropod - operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
genus Neritina - a genus of Neritidae
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