nerite
/ˈnɪəraɪt/noun
1- a chiefly tropical mollusc with a somewhat globe-shaped and brightly marked shell, typically found in water蜒螺。
1.1
- Superfamily Neritacea, class Gastropoda: several genera and species, including the European freshwater snail Theodoxus fluviatilis.蜒螺总科, 腹足纲:数属, 数种, 包括欧洲的淡水蜗牛溪生蜒螺。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Latin nerita, from Greek nēritēs 'sea mussel', from the name of the sea god N EREUS.