Neritina pulligera facts for kids
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Neritina
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pulligera
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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.
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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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