Neritina punctulata

Neritina punctulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritininae
Tribe: Neritinini
Genus: Neritina
Species: N. punctulata
Binomial name
Neritina punctulata
Lamarck, 1816

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

Distribution

Distribution of Neritina punctulata include:

Ecology

Neritina punctulata lives in rivers.

The estimation of the lifespan is at least 3-7 years.[1] Neritina punctulata migrates upstream during lifespan.[1]

It is a grazer, that feeds on algae.[1] It is dominant grazer in Río Mameyes.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Pyron M. & Covich A. P. (2003). "Migration Patterns, Densities, and Growth of Neritina punctulata Snails in Rio Espiritu Santo and Rio Mameyes, Northeastern Puerto Rico". Caribbean Journal of Science 39(3): 338-347. PDF.
  2. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1892). "On a collection of land Mollusca from the Island of Dominica, West Indies". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Science 8: 356-358.
  3. ^ Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin 24: 59-63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF.