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Neritina asperulata

Neritina asperulata
Neritina asperulata shells (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neritina
Species:	N. asperulata
Binomial name
Neritina asperulata (Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms[2]
Neripteron (Pseudonerita) asperulatum (Récluz, 1843)· accepted, alternate representation Neripteron asperulatum (Récluz, 1843) Nerita asperulata Récluz, 1843 (original combination) Neritina sulculosa Martens, 1877 Pseudonerita sulculosa (Martens, 1877)

Neritina asperulata is a species of a marine and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[3]

This species occurs in the Philippines and on the Solomon Islands.^[4]

Neritina asperulata is an amphidromous species.^[4]

Juvenile snails of Neritina asperulata attach to a shell of another neritid snail Neritina pulligera and migrate like this for several kilometers.^[4]

• 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

• Récluz, C. A. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Nerites, collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1842) 10: 168-176
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe
• Récluz, C. A. (1843). Descriptions of new species of Nerites, collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1842) 10: 168-176

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