Biology:Ladislavella elodes

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Marsh Pondsnail
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Subfamily: Lymnaeinae
Genus: Ladislavella
Species:
L. elodes
Binomial name
Ladislavella elodes
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Stagnicola elodes Lymnaea elodes
  • (Say, 1821) (Muller, 1774)
  • (Say, 1821) Stagnicola palustris
  • Lymneus elodes (Muller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea palustris Say, 1821
  • (Say, 1821) Stagnicola reflexa

Ladislavella elodes, the marsh pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

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 Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States.[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cordeiro, J. &; Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T189641A1930093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189641A1930093.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/189641/1930093. Retrieved 3 September 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. PMID 9057720. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13380001 entry