Neripteron asperulatum

Neripteron asperulatum is a species of a marine and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron asperulatum
Neripteron asperulatum shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Neripteron
Subgenus:
Pseudonerita
Species:
N. asperulatum
Binomial name
Neripteron asperulatum
(Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms[2]

Nerita asperulata Récluz, 1843 (original combination)
Neritina asperulata (Récluz, 1843)
Neritina sulculosa Martens, 1877
Pseudonerita sulculosa (Martens, 1877)

Distribution

Solomon Islands.[3]

Ecology

Neripteron asperulatum is an amphidromous species.[3]

Juvenile snails of Neripteron asperulatum attach to a shell of another neritid snail Neritina pulligera and migrate like this for several kilometers.[3]

References
  1. Madhyastha, A. (2010). Neritina sulculosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166708A6266110. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166708A6266110.en. Downloaded on 08 December 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron asperulatum (Récluz, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873811 on 2017-12-08
  3. Kano, Yasunori (2009-08-23). "Hitchhiking behaviour in the obligatory upstream migration of amphidromous snails". Biology Letters. 5 (4): 465–468. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0191. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2781923. PMID 19411267.


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