US 2017 Spotted Nerite : Seashells ; Coil 34c. Scott. 5168
Series: Seashells (2017)
Stamp details: Spotted Nerite (Vittina natalensis)
Issued date: 28-01-2017 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 34c.
(Postcard º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
First Day City: San Diego, California
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5168
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5774
Michel (Germany): 5356BG
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4977a
Dimensions (height x width):
24.9mm x 22.1mm
Printer: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 9¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Sea Shell, Sea Life
Total print: 125,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Initial Face value US$0.34 on day of issue.
Stamp details: Spotted Nerite (Vittina natalensis)
Issued date: 28-01-2017 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 34c.
(Postcard º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive (Coil)
First Day City: San Diego, California
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5168
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 5774
Michel (Germany): 5356BG
Yvert et Tellier (France): 4977a
Dimensions (height x width):
24.9mm x 22.1mm
Printer: Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 9¾ Vertically
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Sea Shell, Sea Life
Total print: 125,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Initial Face value US$0.34 on day of issue.
Description:- Vittina natalensis, common name spotted nerite, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. It returns to brackish waters to reproduce. This is a popular aquarium snail, sold because it looks attractive and eats algae in freshwater tanks, but does not multiply under aquarium conditions. It requires a pH above 7.0 to thrive. This species is endemic to the coastal plain of East Africa -- Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, and Tanzania. Its specific name natalensis refers to the region of Natal, South Africa.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittina_natalensis
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittina_natalensis