Neritina granosa
| Neritina granosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | Neritininae |
| Tribe: | Neritinini |
| Genus: | Neritina |
| Species: | N. granosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Neritina granosa Sowerby | |
Neritina granosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
This species of nerite is endemic in Hawaii: Maui.[2]
Ecology
Neritina granosa lives in streams. This species has marine larvae that migrate into and up streams after a period of oceanic dispersal. Most likely, the planktonic larvae of this neritid snail disperse across the oceanic expanses that separate the main Hawaiian Islands, and thus it can colonize streams on any or all of these islands.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]
- ↑ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Neritina granosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Hau S. (2007). "Hïhïwai (Neritina granosa Sowerby) Recruitment in ‘Ïao and Honomanü Streams on the Island of Maui, Hawai‘i". In: Evenhuis N. L. & Fitzsimons J. M. (eds.). Biology of Hawaiian Streams and Estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 171–181. PDF
- 1 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (18 September 2006) "Recovery plan for the Newcomb's snail (Erinna newcombi)". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 52 pp.
Further reading
- Ford J. I. (1979). "Biology of a Hawaiian fluvial gastropod Neritina granosa Sowerby (Prosobranchia: Neritidae)". M.S. Thesis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii: 94 pp.
- Hau S., Way C. M. & Burky A. J. (1992). "Life cycle of the endemic limpet Neritina granosa (Sowerby)", in Palauhulu Stream, Maui. 43rd Annual Meeting of American Institute of Biological Sciences. Ecological Society of America, 9–13 August, Honolulu, Hawaii (abstract).
- Hodges M. H.-D. (July 1992). "Population biology and genetics of the endemic Hawaiian stream gastropod Neritina granosa (Prosobranchia: Neritidae): implications for conservation". Honors Thesis, Wildlife Biology Program University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
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