Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Neritoidea Subfamily Neritininae Scientific name Theodoxus meridionalis Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Neritidae Tribe Theodoxini Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Theodoxus, Theodoxus anatolicus, Theodoxus prevostianus, Theodoxus danubialis, Theodoxus fluviatilis | ||
Theodoxus meridionalis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
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Distribution
The distribution of this species includes Sicily (which is part of Italy), and north-western Tunisia.
The type locality is Syracuse, Sicily.
Description
The shell is cone-shaped to half-egg-shaped, almost smooth and weakly shiny. The color is pale yellowish with dark red to blackish zigzag streaks.
Dimensions of the shell are 4-5 × 7-8 mm.
Ecology
This small snail lives in cold running waters.
References
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