Biology:Theodoxus euxinus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Theodoxus euxinus | |
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| A shell of Theodoxus euxinus | |
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Subfamily: | Neritininae
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| Tribe: | Theodoxini
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| Subgenus: | Theodoxus[1]
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| Species: | T. euxinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus euxinus (Clessin, 1886)[2]
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Theodoxus euxinus is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[1][3]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
The type locality is Dobrogea, Romania.
Description
The shell is shiny, smooth, with a coarse white ziczac pattern.[3] The width of the shell is 6–8 mm.[3]
Ecology
This species occurs in woodlands of the Danube Delta region, on rocks, and on sandy or muddy substrates.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Theodoxus (Theodoxus) euxinus". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 13 April 2011.
- ↑ (in German) Clessin S. (1886). "Binnenmollusken aus Rumänien". Malakozoologische Blätter (Neue Folge) 8: 49-56. [ page 55].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Species summary for Theodoxus euxinus". AnimalBase, last modified 28 August 2010, accessed 13 April 2011.
Wikidata ☰ Q7782194 entry
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