Neritina pulligera: Difference between revisions

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{{Taxobox

| name = ''Neritina pulligera''

| image = Neritina pulligera 001.jpg

| image_caption = ''Neritina pulligera''

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Mollusca]]

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'''''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>

==Description==

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 40 mm

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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 Madagascar<ref name="WoRMS"/> and in the Pacific Ocean along [[Okinawa]].

* Madagascar<ref name="WoRMS"/>

==References==

{{reflist}}

* 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''; accessed : 19 January 2011]

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

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[[Category:Neritidae]]

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