Neritina pulligera

Neritina pulligera
Neritina pulligera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina
Subgenus: Neritina[2]
Species: N. pulligera
Binomial name
Neritina pulligera
(Linnaeus, 1767)[3]
Synonyms[1]

Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767
Neritina bruguierei Récluz, 1841
Neritina rara Dufo, 1840

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail,[4][2] a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[5]

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

  • Neritina pulligera knorii[1]
  • Neritina pulligera stumpfi[1]

Description

The length of the shell 23 mm.[4]

Distribution

Distribution includes:

  • Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)[1]
  • lands in Pacific Ocean: Comoros, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Is., South Solomons), Vanuatu[1]
  • South-East Asia:
    • Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)[1]
    • Malaysia[1]
    • Thailand[1]
    • Philippines[1]
  • India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)[1][2]
  • lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles[1]
  • Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Madagascar[1]
  • and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.

It is a Near Threatened species in Africa.[1]

The type locality is "in Indiæ fluviis".[3]

Ecology

Neritina pulligera lives in fast-flowing freshwater streams and in rivers.[1] It is found on rocky substrates.[1]

Population density of Neritina pulligera is 2-7 snails per m2 in Caroline Islands.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Gerlach J., Madhyastha A. & Köhler F. (2011). "Neritina pulligera". In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 Linnaeus C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327. p. 1253.
  4. 1 2 3 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  5. ↑ Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.

Further reading

  • Dautzenberg Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
  • Haynes A. (2005). "An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae)". Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84.

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