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

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]

Ecology

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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