The common name " nerite " as well as the family name Neritidae and the genus name " Nerita ", are derived from the name of Nerites, who was a sea god in Greek mythology.
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""'Nerita tessellata " "', sometimes known as the " checkered nerite " is a species of tropical sea snail with a gill and an marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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Nerita Ceka, leader of the opposition Party of Democratic Alliance, said that those who did not vote _ 25 percent to 27 percent, according to official figures released Friday _ were opposition supporters disappointed by May's general elections, which the Democratic Party won by a landslide.
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There has been some confusion over the taxonomy of the " Nerita " genus in the Pacific region, however " Nerita atramentosa " and " Nerita melanotragus " are now recognised as separate species ( the two have often been considered to be the same species ).
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There has been some confusion over the taxonomy of the " Nerita " genus in the Pacific region, however " Nerita atramentosa " and " Nerita melanotragus " are now recognised as separate species ( the two have often been considered to be the same species ).
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There has been some confusion over the taxonomy of the " Nerita " genus in the Pacific region, however " Nerita atramentosa " and " Nerita melanotragus " are now recognised as separate species ( the two have often been considered to be the same species ).
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"I found the skeleton enveloped by a coating of a kind of ruddle . . . which stained the earth, and in some parts extended itself to the distance of about half an inch [ 12 mm ] around the surface of the bones . . . Close to that part of the thigh bone where the pocket is usually worn surrounded also by ruddle [ were ] about two handfuls of the " Nerita littoralis " [ periwinkle shells ].
