What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Checkered Nerite been recorded?

Nerita tessellata occurrence evidence comes from 576 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1873 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

GastropodaCycloneritidaNeritidaeNerita

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

576 records across 39 countries and territories, 1873–2026.

Nerita tessellata · GBIF taxon key 5189974

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

11 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: August. 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

18732026

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

Where Checkered Nerite has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Checkered Nerite. 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
United States 230
Bahamas 48
Venezuela 38
Puerto Rico 36
Mexico 24
Cuba 23
Cayman Islands 19
US Virgin Islands 16
Jamaica 15
Bermuda 13
Dominican Republic 12
Panama 11
Costa Rica 8
Antigua & Barbuda 7
Barbados 7
Belize 7
Colombia 7
Turks and Caicos Islands 6
SX 5
Grenada 4
Guadeloupe 4
Haiti 4
British Virgin Islands 4
Aruba 3
Honduras 3
St Vincent & the Grenadines 3
Bonaire 2
Sri Lanka 2
Martinique 2
Philippines 2
Paraguay 2
Trinidad & Tobago 2
Curaçao 1
Greece 1
Indonesia 1
Saint Lucia 1
Malaysia 1
Nicaragua 1
French Southern Territories 1

Related animals

Others in the family Neritidae.

Nerita plicata
Nerita plicata
915 records
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.