Theodoxus euxinus

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.[2][3]

Theodoxus euxinus
A shell of Theodoxus euxinus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Theodoxus
Species:
T. euxinus
Binomial name
Theodoxus euxinus
(Clessin, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Neritina euxina Clessin, 1886
  • Theodoxus fluviatilis euxinus (Clessin, 1886)
  • Theodoxus euxina

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

The type locality is Dobrogea, 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. (in German) Clessin S. (1886). "Binnenmollusken aus Rumänien". Malakozoologische Blätter (Neue Folge) 8: 49-56. [ page 55].
  2. "Theodoxus (Theodoxus) euxinus". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 13 April 2011.
  3. "Species summary for Theodoxus euxinus". AnimalBase, last modified 28 August 2010, accessed 13 April 2011.
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