What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Nerita plicata been recorded?

Nerita plicata occurrence evidence comes from 917 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1908 to 2026. Most records come from French Polynesia.

Nerita plicata
Nerita plicata — Photo (display-sized rendition): H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
GastropodaCycloneritidaNeritidaeNerita

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

917 records across 38 countries and territories, 1908–2026.

Nerita plicata · GBIF taxon key 5728454

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19082026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Nerita plicata has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Nerita plicata. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
French Polynesia 119
Indonesia 78
Tanzania 66
Australia 59
Fiji 56
Kenya 55
South Africa 45
Vanuatu 44
Japan 43
Cook Islands 42
New Caledonia 42
Philippines 42
American Samoa 40
Guam 30
Papua New Guinea 28
Samoa 28
Mauritius 16
Malaysia 10
Réunion 10
Madagascar 8
Micronesia 6
Seychelles 6
Chile 5
Taiwan 5
Marshall Islands 4
Palau 4
United States 4
Kiribati 3
Sri Lanka 3
Maldives 3
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3
British Indian Ocean Territory 2
Tonga 2
Cocos Islands 1
Ecuador 1
France 1
India 1
PN 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.