Dusky_nerite

<i>Neritina pulligera</i>

Neritina pulligera

Species of gastropod

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail,[4][5] a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[6]

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Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

  • Neritina pulligera knorii[1]
  • 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]
  • 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.[citation needed]

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

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Gerlach J.; Madhyastha A.; Köhler F. (2013). "Neritina pulligera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T165773A91284470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T165773A91284470.en.
  4. [4]
    Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  5. [5]
    (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA[permanent dead link]. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
  6. [6]
    Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.

Further reading

  • Dautzenberg Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia. 12: 339-378
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
  • Haynes A. (2005). "An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae)". Molluscan Research 25(2): 75–84.
  • Abdou, A.; Galzin, R.; Lord, C.; Denis, G. P. J. & Keith, P. (2017). Revision of the species complex 'Neritina pulligera' (Gastropoda, Cycloneritimorpha: Neritidae) using taxonomy and barcoding. Vie et Milieu. 67 (3-4): 149-161
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