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| name = ''Neritina pulligera''

| image = Neritina pulligera 00101.jpgJPG

| status = LC

| image_caption = ''Neritina pulligera''

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=Gerlach, J. |author2=Madhyastha, A. |author3=Köhler, F. |author4=Van Damme, D. |date=2016 |title=''Neritina pulligera'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T165773A91284470 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T165773A91284470.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

| phylum = [[Mollusca]]

| genus = ''[[Neritina]]''

| classis = [[Gastropoda]]

| namespecies = ''Neritina pulligera''

| unranked_familia = clade [[Neritimorpha]]<br/>clade [[Cycloneritimorpha]]

| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1767)<ref name="Linnaeus 1767">Linnaeus C. (1767). ''[[Systema naturae]] sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis''. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327. [https://archive.org/stream/systemanaturaep01linn#page/1252/mode/2up p. 1253].</ref>

| superfamilia = [[Neritoidea]]

| synonyms_ref = <ref name="IUCN" />

| familia = [[Neritidae]]

| subfamilia =

| genus = ''[[Neritina]]''

| subgenus = ''Neritina''<ref name="water2010"/>

| species = '''''N. pulligera'''''

| binomial = ''Neritina pulligera''

| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1767

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

* ''Nerita bruguierei'' <small>Récluz, 1841</small>

* ''Nerita pulligera'' <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small>

* ''Neritina (Neritina) pulligera'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> (superseded combination)

* ''Neritina bruguierei'' [<small>[[César Auguste Récluz|Récluz]], 1841</small>

* ''Neritina bruguieri'' <small>G. B. Sowerby II, 1849</small> (junior synonym of Nerita bruguierei Récluz, 1841)

* ''Neritina cirrata'' <small>Philippi, 1845</small> (junior synonym)

* ''Neritina rara'' <small>[[Henri Dufo|Dufo]], 1840</small>

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'''''Neritina pulligera''''' , common name : the '''dusky nerite''', is a [[species]] of [[freshwater snail]],<ref name="Brown 1994"/><ref name="water2010">(file created 29 July 2010) [http://zsi.gov.in/zoological-survey-of-india/zsi-data/checklist/FW_Mollusca.pdf FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.</ref> or [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Neritidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|207646|''Neritina pulligera'' Linnaeus, 1767||5 May 2010}}</ref>

''Neritina pulligera'' is the [[type species]] of the genus ''Neritina''.<ref name="Brown 1994">Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. [[Taylor & Francis]]. {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.</ref>

'''''Neritina pulligera''''' , common name : the '''dusky nerite''', is a [[species]] of freshwater<ref name="water2010">(file created 29 July 2010) [http://zsi.gov.in/zoological-survey-of-india/zsi-data/checklist/FW_Mollusca.pdf FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA]. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.</ref> or [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Neritidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|207646|''Neritina pulligera'' Linnaeus, 1767||5 May 2010}}</ref>

== Subspecies ==

There are two subspecies:

| subgenus =* ''Neritina pulligera knorii''<ref name="water2010IUCN" />

* ''Neritina pulligera stumpfi''<ref name="IUCN" />

==Description==

The length of the shell 23&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Brown 1994"/>

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 40 mm

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==Distribution==

Distribution includes:

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along [[List of non-marine molluscs of India|India]]<ref name="water2010"/> and Madagascar<ref name="WoRMS"/> and in the Pacific Ocean along [[Okinawa]].

* Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)<ref name="IUCN" />

* 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<ref name="IUCN" />

* South-East Asia:

** Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)<ref name="IUCN" />

** Malaysia<ref name="IUCN" />

** Thailand<ref name="IUCN" />

** Philippines<ref name="IUCN" />

* [[List of non-marine molluscs of India|India]] (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="water2010"/>

* lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles<ref name="IUCN" />

* Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, [[List of non-marine molluscs of Madagascar|Madagascar]]<ref name="IUCN" />

* and in the Pacific Ocean along [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}

It is a [[Near Threatened]] species in Africa.<ref name="IUCNAfrica">{{cite iucn |author=Appleton, C. |author2=Kristensen, T.K. |author3=Lange, C.N. |author4=Stensgaard, A-S. |year=2010 |title=''Neritina pulligera'' (Pan-Africa assessment) |volume=2010 |page=e.T165773A6115214 |doi= |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

The [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] is "in Indiæ fluviis".<ref name="Linnaeus 1767"/>

==Ecology==

''Neritina pulligera'' lives in fast-flowing freshwater streams and in rivers.<ref name="IUCN" /> It is found on rocky substrates.<ref name="IUCN" />

Population density of ''Neritina pulligera'' is 2-7 snails per m² in [[Caroline Islands]].<ref name="IUCN" />

==References==

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* Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar''. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

== Further reading ==

* [[Philippe Dautzenberg,|Dautzenberg Ph.]] (1929). ''Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar''. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III .

* Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia. 12: 339–378

* Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.

* Haynes A. (2005). "An evaluation of members of the genera ''Clithon'' Montfort, 1810 and ''Neritina'' Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae)". ''[[Molluscan Research]]'' '''25'''(2): 75–84.

* Abdou, A.; Galzin, R.; Lord, C.; Denis, G. P. J. & Keith, P. (2017). Revision of the species complex 'Neritina pulligera' (Gastropoda, Cycloneritimorpha: Neritidae) using taxonomy and barcoding. Vie et Milieu. 67 (3-4): 149–161

==External links==

* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae]

* [http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_2485.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Neritina pulligera pulligera''; accessed : 19 January 2011]

* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2361985 Récluz, C. A. (1841). Description de quelques nouvelles espèces de Nérites vivantes. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 1841]

* {{NCBI|537799|''''Neritina pulligera''}}

* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400 Philippi, (R.) A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71]

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* [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075613 Sowerby, G. B., II. (1849). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (10): 507-546, pls. 109–116. London, privately published]

* [http://www.gastropods{{Gastropods.com/|key=5/Shell_2485.shtml Gastropods.com : |id=2485|title=''Neritina pulligera pulligera''; accessed : |access-date=19 January 2011]}}

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