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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]. 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>

==Description==

The shelllength sizeof variesthe betweenshell 1023 mm.<ref andname="Brown 40 mm1994"/>

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==Distribution==

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

==References==

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

== Further reading ==

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

==External links==

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

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

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