Biology:Theodoxus jordani
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Theodoxus jordani | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Theodoxus |
| Species: | T. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus jordani (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)[note 1]
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Theodoxus jordani is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Turkey[1]
- Syria[1]
- Lebanon[1]
- Lake Kinneret in Israel[1]
- Palestinian territories[1]
- Yarmouk River[2] in Jordan[1][3]
- Iraq[1]
- Iran[1]
The type locality is the Jordan Basin.[1]
Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.[4]
Parasites
Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.[2]
Predators
Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:
- fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis[5]
- crab Potamon potamios[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.[clarification needed]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Van Damme, D. (2014). "Theodoxus jordani" (in en). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20593072A42422245.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20593072/42422245. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abdel-Hafez S. K.; Ismail N. S. (1983). "Larval stages of digenetic trematodes of Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 69 (6): 789–796. doi:10.1007/BF00927428.
- ↑ Amr Z. S; Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221–227. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/DENISIA_0014_0221-0227.pdf.
- ↑ Kuhn S. L.; Stiner M. C.; Reese D. S.; Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98 (13): 7641–7646. doi:10.1073/pnas.121590798. PMID 11390976. Bibcode: 2001PNAS...98.7641K.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia 44 (1): 98–104. doi:10.1007/BF00346406. PMID 28310472. Bibcode: 1979Oecol..44...98H.
External links
- Al-Dabbagh K. Y.; Khalid Y.; Luka J. Y. (1986). "Population dynamics of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby) in the Shatt Al-Arab River". Freshwater Biology 16 (4): 443–448. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00986.x. Bibcode: 1986FrBio..16..443A.
- Alouf N. J. (1998). "Distribution of Theodoxus jordani (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Lebanon: biogeographic aspects". Vie Milieu 48: 133–138.
- Al-Dabbagh K. Y.; Luka J. Y. (1986). "Respiration studies and population metabolism of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby)". Freshwater Biology 16 (4): 449–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00987.x. Bibcode: 1986FrBio..16..449A.
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