Nerites (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nerites (Ancient Greek: Νηρίτης, romanized: Nērítēs, lit. 'sea snail') is a minor sea deity, the son of "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid nymph Doris, and brother of the fifty Nereids (apparently their only male sibling). He was described as a young boy of stunning beauty. He is attested in a single source, Claudius Aelianus' On the Characteristics of Animals, where he said that Nerites was "celebrated in mariners' tales".