Stagnicola elodes
Stagnicola elodes is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
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| Species: | S. elodes |
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| Stagnicola elodes (Say, 1821) | |
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Lymnaea elodes (Say, 1821) | |
Taxonomy
There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of Stagnicola elodes in North America includes the Great Lakes region and the United States.[2]
References
- Cordeiro J. & Perez K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 September 2014.
- Sorensen, R. E.; Kanev, I.; Fried, B.; Minchella, D. J. (1997). "The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3284342. JSTOR 3284342. PMID 9057720.
Further reading
- Sandland, G. J.; Minchella, D. J. (2003). "Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails". Oecologia. 134 (4): 479–486. Bibcode:2003Oecol.134..479S. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x. PMID 12647119.
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