Biology:Mexithauma quadripaludium

Mexithauma quadripaludium
	Lateral view of a damaged shell of Mexithauma quadripaludium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Mexithauma
Species:	M. quadripaludium
Binomial name
	Mexithauma quadripaludium; Taylor, 1966

Short description: Species of gastropod

Mexithauma quadripaludium is a species of freshwater snail,^[1] an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico.^[1]

Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Chaves-Campos J., Johnson S. G. & Hulsey C. D. (2011). "Spatial Geographic Mosaic in an Aquatic Predator-Prey Network". PLoS ONE 6(7): e22472. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022472.

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Mexithauma quadripaludium

Lateral view of a damaged shell of Mexithauma quadripaludium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Mexithauma
Species:	M. quadripaludium
Binomial name
*Mexithauma quadripaludium* Taylor, 1966