Theodoxus euxinus
Appearance
Theodoxus euxinus | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Theodoxus euxinus | |
Synonyms | |
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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.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of this species includes:
The type locality is Dobrogea, Romania.
Description
[edit]The shell is shiny, smooth, with a coarse white ziczac pattern.[3] The width of the shell is 6–8 mm.[3]
Ecology
[edit]This species occurs in woodlands of the Danube Delta region, on rocks, and on sandy or muddy substrates.[3]
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[3]
- ^ (in German) Clessin S. (1886). "Binnenmollusken aus Rumänien". Malakozoologische Blätter (Neue Folge) 8: 49-56. [ page 55].
- ^ "Theodoxus (Theodoxus) euxinus". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 13 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Species summary for Theodoxus euxinus". AnimalBase, last modified 28 August 2010, accessed 13 April 2011.