Neritina pulligera

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Neritoidea Genus Neritina Scientific name Neritina pulligera Rank Species		Class Gastropoda Family Neritidae Subgenus Neritina Phylum Mollusca

Similar Neritina, Neritina turrita, Clithon, Neritina natalensis, Theodoxus

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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 Neritina pulligera alias ORingSnail Hippocampus Bildarchiv

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:

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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 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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References

Neritina pulligera Wikipedia

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