Nerite vs. Perite — What's the Difference?

Any snail of the genus Nerita, or more generally, of the family Neritidae.

Perite is a mineral that has a general chemical formula of PbBiO2Cl. The name is given for Per Adolf Geijer, a Swedish economic geologist with the Geological Survey of Sweden, who discovered the mineral in 1960 outside of Langban, Sweden.

Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

(obsolete) skilled

Skilled.