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Answer for the clue "Ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters ", 8 letters:
neritina

Word definitions for neritina in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neritina \Ner`i*ti"na\, prop. n. (Zo["o]l.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Neritina is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum , marine , brackish water , and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae , the nerites. Neritina is the type genus of the tribe Neritinini.