Nerite vs. Perite

Neritenoun

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

Periteadjective

(obsolete) skilled

Neritenoun

Any mollusk of the genus Nerita.

Periteadjective

Skilled.

Perite

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.