Neritina pulligera

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

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.

There are two subspecies:

• Neritina pulligera knorii
• Neritina pulligera stumpfi

The length of the shell 23 mm.

Distribution includes:

• Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• lands in Pacific Ocean: Comoros, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Is., South Solomons), Vanuatu
• South-East Asia:
  • Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)
  • Malaysia
  • Thailand
  • Philippines
• India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)
• lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles
• Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Madagascar
• and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.

It is a Near Threatened species in Africa.

The type locality is "in Indiæ fluviis".

Neritina pulligera lives in fast-flowing freshwater streams and in rivers. It is found on rocky substrates.

Population density of Neritina pulligera is 2-7 snails per m² in Caroline Islands.

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