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Neritina pulligera
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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Neritina
Species:
pulligera
Synonyms
  • Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841
  • Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, 1767
  • Neritina (Neritina) pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767) (superseded combination)
  • Neritina bruguierei [Récluz, 1841
  • Neritina bruguieri G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (junior synonym of Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841)
  • Neritina cirrata Philippi, 1845 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina rara Dufo, 1840

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

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

  • Neritina pulligera knorii
  • Neritina pulligera stumpfi

Description

The length of the shell 23 mm.

Distribution

Distribution includes:

  • Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
  • 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
  • South-East Asia:
    • Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)
    • Malaysia
    • Thailand
    • Philippines
  • India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)
  • lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles
  • Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Madagascar
  • and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.

It is a Near Threatened species in Africa.

The type locality is "in Indiæ fluviis".

Ecology

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

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

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