neritina

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
neritina
    n 1: ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish
         waters
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neritina \Ner`i*ti"na\, prop. n. (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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