Theodoxus altenai
| Theodoxus altenai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | Neritininae |
| Tribe: | Theodoxini |
| Genus: | Theodoxus |
| Subgenus: | Theodoxus |
| Species: | T. altenai |
| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus altenai Schütt, 1965[2] | |
Theodoxus altenai is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[3]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes Antalya Province in southern Turkey.[3]
The type locality is a lake near Döşemealti in Antalya Province, Turkey.[2]
Description
The shell is exceptionally thin, light horny yellowish, translucent and shiny. The Whorls are flat and very rapidly increasing, with a brown quadrangular color pattern.[3] The operculum is reddish, without an apophysis.[3]
The width of the shell is 9.0-10.0 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 6.0 - 7.0 mm.[2]
Ecology
This snail lives in lakes.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[3]
- ↑ Van Damme, D. & Kebapçı, U. (2013). "Theodoxus altenai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 (German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF. page 46.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Species summary for Theodoxus altenai". AnimalBase, last modified 15 June 2010, accessed 15 April 2011.
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