Neritina pulligera
Encyclopedia
Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species
of freshwater snail
, a gastropod mollusk in the family
Neritidae
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Neritina pulligera is the type species
of the genus Neritina.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
, a gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Neritidae
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum, marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod mollusks in the order Neritoida....
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Neritina pulligera is the type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
of the genus Neritina.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along India and Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.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.