Neritina pulligera

Neritina pulligera, common name the dusky nerite, is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.

Neritina pulligera is the type species of the genus Neritina.

Subspecies
There are two subspecies:
 * Neritina pulligera knorii
 * Neritina pulligera stumpfi

Description
The length of the shell 23 mm.

Distribution
Distribution includes:
 * Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
 * lands in Pacific Ocean: Comoros, Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Is., South Solomons), Vanuatu
 * South-East Asia:
 * Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera)
 * Malaysia
 * Thailand
 * Philippines
 * India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands)
 * lands in Indian Ocean: Mauritius (Mauritius main island, Rodrigues), Réunion, Seychelles
 * Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal), Mozambique, Madagascar
 * and in the Pacific Ocean along Okinawa.

It is a Near Threatened species in Africa.

The type locality is "in Indiæ fluviis".

Ecology
Neritina pulligera lives in fast-flowing freshwater streams and in rivers. It is found on rocky substrates.

Population density of Neritina pulligera is 2-7 snails per m2 in Caroline Islands.