Shells: Caribbean Four-tooth Nerite

Marine snails which are part of the Nerite family often have small teethlike protrusions which can often be found on the mouth plate (columella fold), the calcerous part at the opening at the bottom of the shell where the slug’s body moves to the outside.

Shells – The Bleeding Tooth Nerite

This snail and shell species has quite a name in English: the Bleeding Tooth Nerite. It is kind of logical though if you take a good look at the shell this snail species builds for itself.

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