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]
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]
