Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Neritidae Scientific name Neritina granosa | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Neritoidea Subfamily Neritininae Rank Species | |
Similar Neritina punctulata, Hawaiian freshwater goby, Neritina gagates, Sicyopterus stimpsoni, Neritina virginea | ||
Neritina granosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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Distribution
This species of nerite is endemic in Hawaii: Maui.
Ecology
Neritina granosa lives in streams. This species has marine larvae that migrate into and up streams after a period of oceanic dispersal. Most likely, the planktonic larvae of this neritid snail disperse across the oceanic expanses that separate the main Hawaiian Islands, and thus it can colonize streams on any or all of these islands.
References
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