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Neritina pulligera

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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[1] or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along India[1] and Madagascar[2] 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 Neritina pulligera Linnaeus, 1767. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Gastropods.com : Neritina pulligera pulligera; accessed : 19 January 2011

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