Theodoxus niloticus

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.

Theodoxus niloticus
Theodoxus niloticus shells
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]
  • Theodoxia africana Bourguignat, 1883
  • Theodoxus africanus (Reeve, 1856)

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. 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.
  2. (in German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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