Neritina asperulata

Neripteron asperulatum
	Neripteron asperulatum shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Subgenus:	Pseudonerita
Species:	N. asperulatum
Binomial name
	Neripteron asperulatum; (Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms
	Nerita asperulata Récluz, 1843 (original combination); Neritina asperulata (Récluz, 1843); Neritina sulculosa Martens, 1877; Pseudonerita sulculosa (Martens, 1877)

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

Distribution

Solomon islands.^[2]

Ecology

Neripteron asperulatum is an amphidromous species.^[2]

Juvenile snails of Neripteron asperulatum attach to a shell of another neritid snail Neritina pulligera and migrate like this for several kilometers.^[2]

References

^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c 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. PMID 19411267.

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[WoRMS_2017-1] 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

[Kano_2009-2] 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. PMID 19411267.

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