Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail,[4][5] a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[6]
Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.[4]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:
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Neritina pulligera knorii[1]
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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]
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India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)[1][5]
- 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".[2]
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
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gerlach, J.; Madhyastha, A.; Köhler, F.; Van Damme, D. (2016). "Neritina pulligera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T165773A91284470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T165773A91284470.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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^ a b 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.
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^ Gerlach J.; Madhyastha A.; Köhler F. (2013). "Neritina pulligera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T165773A91284470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T165773A91284470.en.|date= / |doi= mismatch
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^ a b c Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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^ a b (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
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^ Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
