Theodoxus niloticus
| Theodoxus niloticus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | Neritininae |
| Tribe: | Theodoxini |
| Genus: | Theodoxus |
| Subgenus: | Neritaea[2] |
| Species: | T. niloticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Theodoxus niloticus is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
Distribution of this species include Egypt and Sudan.[1][3]
The type locality is the Nile in Egypt.[3]
Description
The length of the shell is 8 mm.[3]
There are two apophyses on its operculum.[3]
Ecology
It lives in slow running waters.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2009). Theodoxus niloticus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2011.
- ↑ (German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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