Theodoxus jordani

Theodoxus jordani
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Theodoxus
Species:	T. jordani
Binomial name
	Theodoxus jordani; (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)
Synonyms
	List Neritina (Neritaea) gombaulti Pallary, 1939; Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis Pallary, 1939; Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. major Pallary, 1939; Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. minorPallary, 1939; Neritina (Neritaea) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836; Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894; Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861; Neritina (Neritaea) mesopotamica Mousson, 1874; Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836; Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894; Neritina anatolica var. mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874; Neritina bellardii Mousson, 1854; Neritina cinctella Martens, 1874; Neritina elleppenensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1849; Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874; Neritina jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836; Neritina jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861; Neritina karasuna Mousson, 1874; Neritina macrii var. michoni; Neritina meridionalis var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874; Neritina mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874; Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874; Neritina michonii Bourguignat, 1852; Neritina nilotica Reeve, 1855; Neritina orontis Blanckenhorn, 1897; Neritina ponsoti Pallary, 1930; Theodoxus (Neritaea) euphraticus (Mousson, 1874); Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)·; †Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani tricarinatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993; † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. bicarinatus Picard, 1934; † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. unicarinatus Picard, 1934; Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus Eichhorst, 2016; † Theodoxus (Neritaea) pliocostulatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993; Theodoxus cinctellus (Martens, 1874); Theodoxus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874); Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1855); Theodoxus octagonus Eichhorst, 2016<; Theodoxus orontis (Blanckenhorn, 1897);

Theodoxus jordani is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is the Jordan Basin.^[1]

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.^[4]

Parasites

Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.^[2]

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:

fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis^[5]
crab Potamon potamon^[5]

Footnotes

^ Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.^{[clarification needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Van Damme D. (2014). "Theodoxus jordani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b Abdel-Hafez S. K. & Ismail N. S. (1983). "Larval stages of digenetic trematodes of Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 69(6): 789-796. doi:10.1007/BF00927428.
^ Amr Z. S & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227. PDF.
^ Kuhn S. L., Stiner M. C., Reese D. S. & Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(13): 7641–7646. doi:10.1073/pnas.121590798.
^ ^a ^b Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia 44(1): 98-104. doi:10.1007/BF00346406.

External links

Al-Dabbagh K. Y., Khalid Y. & Luka J. Y. (1986). "Population dynamics of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby) in the Shatt Al-Arab River". Freshwater Biology 16: 443–448. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00986.x.
Alouf N. J. (1998). "Distribution of Theodoxus jordani (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Lebanon: biogeographic aspects". Vie Milieu 48: 133–138.
Al-Dabbagh K. Y. & Luka J. Y. (1986). "Respiration studies and population metabolism of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby)". Freshwater Biology 16(4): 449–453.

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[2] Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.^{[clarification needed]}

[IUCN_2014-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Van Damme D. (2014). "Theodoxus jordani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 March 2015.

[Abdel-Hafez_1983-3] Abdel-Hafez S. K. & Ismail N. S. (1983). "Larval stages of digenetic trematodes of Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 69(6): 789-796. doi:10.1007/BF00927428.

[4] Amr Z. S & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227. PDF.

[5] Kuhn S. L., Stiner M. C., Reese D. S. & Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(13): 7641–7646. doi:10.1073/pnas.121590798.

[Heller_1979-6] Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia 44(1): 98-104. doi:10.1007/BF00346406.

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