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Updated 1/10/2025

Family Neritidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Nerita picea 

Common Nerites, Oahu

Makapu'u, Oahu

Kaupo, Oahu

 

Black Point, Oahu

 

 

Koke'e Beach, Oahu

 

COMMON or BLACK NERITE    PIPIPI

Abundant in the high intertidal zone.  The plain black shell has spiral grooves, the inner lip has three teeth, and the peg-less operculum is olive brown.  Eaten during times of famine.  Attains 1 inch,  25 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii, but waifs have been collected at the Line Islands, Wake Island, Fiji, Ryukyus, and Indonesia.  May be confused with the white-spotted Neritina neglecta in brackish environments.