Neritina asperulata

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Neritina asperulata
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Neritina asperulata shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina
Species:
N. asperulata
Binomial name
Neritina asperulata
(Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms [2]
  • Neripteron (Pseudonerita) asperulatum(Récluz, 1843)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Neripteron asperulatum(Récluz, 1843)
  • Nerita asperulataRécluz, 1843 (original combination)
  • Neritina sulculosaMartens, 1877
  • Pseudonerita sulculosa(Martens, 1877)

Neritina asperulata is a species of a marine and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [3]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines and on the Solomon Islands. [4]

Ecology

Neritina asperulata is an amphidromous species. [4]

Juvenile snails of Neritina asperulata attach to a shell of another neritid snail Neritina pulligera and migrate like this for several kilometers. [4]

Related Research Articles

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Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.

<i>Neritina</i> Genus of gastropods

Neritina, is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites. They are as well marine, as brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks

<i>Vittina natalensis</i> Species of gastropod

Vittina natalensis, common name spotted nerite, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Theodoxus numidicus is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Clithon</i> Genus of gastropods

Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neritona granosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Vittina gagates</i> Species of gastropod

Vittina gagates is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

<i>Clithon faba</i> Species of gastropod

Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Neritodryas</i> Genus of gastropods

Neritodryas is a genus of freshwater snails, ; they are gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Clithon spinosum</i> Species of gastropod

Clithon spinosum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Neripteron cornucopia</i> Species of gastropod

Neripteron cornucopia is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Neripteron violaceum</i> Species of gastropod

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Clithon corona</i> Species of gastropod

Clithon corona is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite.

<i>Clithon diadema</i> Species of gastropod

Clithon diadema is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Clithon mertonianum</i> Species of gastropod

Clithon mertonianum is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Neripteron</i> Genus of gastropods

Neripteron is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Neripteron auriculatum</i> Species of gastropod

Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Vittina turrita</i> Species of gastropod

Vittina turrita is a species of aquatic snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

<i>Vittina</i> Genus of gastropods

Vittina is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.

<i>Clypeolum</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Clypeolum is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

References

  1. Madhyastha, A. (2010). Neritina sulculosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166708A6266110. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166708A6266110.en. Downloaded on 08 December 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron asperulatum (Récluz, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873811 on 2017-12-08
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina asperulata (Récluz, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871340 on 2021-09-20
  4. 1 2 3 Kano, Yasunori (2009-08-23). "Hitchhiking behaviour in the obligatory upstream migration of amphidromous snails". Biology Letters. 5 (4): 465–468. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0191. ISSN   1744-9561. PMC   2781923 . PMID   19411267.

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