Puperita pupa
Encyclopedia
Puperita pupa is a species
of small sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Neritidae
, the nerites.
This species occurs in brackish water on the West Indian island of Dominica.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Neritidae
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....
, the nerites.
Distribution
The distribution of Puperita pupa includes:- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hispaniola
- Jamaica
- Lesser Antilles
- Mexico
- San AndresSan AndrésSan Andrés is the Spanish name of Saint Andrew. San Andrés may refer to:*Argentina**San Andrés, city located in General San Martín Partido, northern zone of Greater Buenos Aires.**San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires Province*Bolivia...
This species occurs in brackish water on the West Indian island of Dominica.