Neritina pulligera

Neritina pulligera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neritina
Species:	N. pulligera
Binomial name
Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767) [2]
Synonyms [1]
Nerita bruguiereiRécluz, 1841 Nerita pulligeraLinnaeus, 1767 Neritina (Neritina) pulligera(Linnaeus, 1767) (superseded combination) Neritina bruguierei [ Récluz, 1841 Neritina bruguieriG. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (junior synonym of Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841) Neritina cirrataPhilippi, 1845 (junior synonym) Neritina rara Dufo, 1840

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail, ^{[3] [4]} a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. ^[5]

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina. ^[3]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

• Neritina pulligera knorii ^[1]
• Neritina pulligera stumpfi ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell 23 mm. ^[3]

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] [4]}
• 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. ^[6]

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. 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. 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. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
4. (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA ^{[ permanent dead link ]}. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
5. Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2010.
6. Appleton, C.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.N.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina pulligera (Pan-Africa assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T165773A6115214. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

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
• "Neritina pulligera pulligera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 January 2011.