Theodoxus euxinus
| Theodoxus euxinus | |
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| Four shells of Theodoxus euxinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | Neritininae |
| Tribe: | Theodoxini |
| Genus: | Theodoxus |
| Subgenus: | Theodoxus[1] |
| Species: | T. euxinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus euxinus (Clessin, 1886)[2] | |
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Theodoxus euxinus is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1][3]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
The type locality is Dobrudzha, Romania.
Description
The shell is shiny, smooth, with a coarse white ziczac pattern.[3] The width of the shell is 6-8 mm.[3]
Ecology
This species occurs in woodlands of the Danube delta region, on rocks, and on sandy or muddy substrates.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[3]
- 1 2 "Theodoxus (Theodoxus) euxinus". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 13 April 2011.
- ↑ (German) Clessin S. (1886). "Binnenmollusken aus Rumänien". Malakozoologische Blätter (Neue Folge) 8: 49-56. [ page 55].
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Species summary for Theodoxus euxinus". AnimalBase, last modified 28 August 2010, accessed 13 April 2011.
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