Neritina pulligera

Neritina pulligera
Neritina pulligera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritina
Subgenus: Neritina[1]
Species: N. pulligera
Binomial name
Neritina pulligera
Linnaeus, 1767

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail,[2][1] a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[3]

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

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Description

The length of the shell 23 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along India[1] and Madagascar[3] and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.

References

  1. ^ a b c (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
  3. ^ a b Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207646 on 5 May 2010.

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