Neritina asperulata

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

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)

Distribution

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

Ecology

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]