Chameleon Nerite

Nerita chamaeleon

• Group: Other
• Max size: 3.5 cm

This small nerite shifts its shell pattern so much that no two look quite alike, which gives it its name. It lives in mangroves, both on the mud below and climbing the roots and trunks above the waterline.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Cycloneritida › Neritidae › Nerita

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 596064.