Biology:Campeloma decisum

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Campeloma decisum
Campeloma decisum shell.jpg
A shell and an operculum of Campeloma decisum
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C. decisum
Binomial name
Campeloma decisum
(Say, 1817)

Campeloma decisum, common name the pointed campeloma, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Description

Right lateral view of a shell of Campeloma decisum

C. decisum can be found in freshwater ecosystems throughout eastern North America. The species is capable of both sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis.[1] They typically reproduce when they're a year old, and live approximately three years. The species is sexually dimorphic.[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Campeloma decisum include trematode Aspidogaster conchicola.[3]

References

  1. Johnson, Steven G (1992). "Spontaneous and hybrid origins of parthenogenesis in Campeloma decisum (freshwater prosobranch snail)". Heredity (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 68 (3): 253–261. doi:10.1038/hdy.1992.38. ISSN 0018-067X. 
  2. Brown, Kenneth M.; Varza, Dennis; Richardson, Terry D. (1989). "Life Histories and Population Dynamics of Two Subtropical Snails (Prosobranchia:Viviparidae)". Journal of the North American Benthological Society ([University of Chicago Press, Society for Freshwater Science]) 8 (3): 222–228. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1467325. Retrieved 2023-01-10. 
  3. Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World" (in en). Zootaxa 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098. http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3918.3.2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3175037 entry