''Neritona granosa'' is a
species of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
with an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Neritidae, the nerites.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona granosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329667 on 2021-09-26]
Distribution
This species of nerite is endemic in
Hawaii:
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...
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[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']
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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.
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[ 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.
* Haynes, A. 2005. An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae). Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84.
External links
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp
Lesson, R.P. (1842). Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Nériptère. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 5: 187–188.
Christensen, C. C.; Hayes, K. A.; Yeung, N. W. (2021). Taxonomy, conservation, and the future of native aquatic snails in the Hawaiian Islands. Diversity. 13(5): 215: 1-12.
Neritidae
Molluscs of Hawaii
Endemic fauna of Hawaii
Gastropods described in 1825
Freshwater molluscs of Oceania
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