Species Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767)

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• Nerita pulligera Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1253].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indian River as in Indiae fluviis.

  Secondary source:

   Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1956. Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. V. Critical revision of the Javanese freshwater gastropods. Treubia 23: 259-477 [307].
• Neritina pulligera sulcata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On an Australian variety of Neritina pulligera Linn. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(1): 3-6 [Sept. 1878] [3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, in the mountain streams of the Bellenden-Ker Ranges, N QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Smith, E.A. 1882. On the freshwater shells of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 16: 255-316 [297].

 

Generic Combinations

• Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Neritina sulcata Tenison-Woods, 1878. —
  Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [65]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northeast coast from Cape York to around Bowen, QLD; tropical, west Pacific (Indonesia, Philippines, Vanuatu)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, lotic freshwater, marine.

 

General References

Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [65]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [41]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2023	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	03-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid
15-Sep-2023	NERITIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	07-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
22-Jan-2015	NERITOIDEA	07-Aug-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
29-Mar-2012		29-Mar-2012	MOVED
		28-Mar-2012	(import)