Neritina pulligera explained

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail,^[1] a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.^[2]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

• Neritina pulligera knorii
• Neritina pulligera stumpfi

Description

The length of the shell 23 mm.^[2]

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)^[1]
• 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.

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

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae
• Récluz, C. A. (1841). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites vivantes. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 1841
• Philippi, (R.) A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
• Sowerby, G. B., II. (1849). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (10): 507-546, pls. 109–116. London, privately published

Notes and References

1. (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
2. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .