- Neritina pulligera
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Neritina pulligera 
Neritina pulligera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade CycloneritimorphaSuperfamily: Neritoidea Family: Neritidae Genus: Neritina Subgenus: Neritina[1] Species: N. pulligera Binomial name Neritina pulligera
Linnaeus, 1767Neritina 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
- ^ a b c (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Dautzenberg Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
External links
- Neritina pulligera pulligera. Gastropods.com, accessed 19 January 2011.
- ''Neritina pulligera at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
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