Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,880 meters (0 to 6,168 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
()
- Koken, 1896
- Order:
Neritopsina
()
- Cox & Knight, 1960
- Superfamily:
Neritoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Neritidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Subfamily:
Theodoxinae
()
- Genus:
Theodoxus
()
- D. de Montfort, 1810
- Specific name:
fluviatilis
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
fluviatilis
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Theodoxus
(
- Subfamily:
Theodoxinae
(
- Family:
Neritidae
(
- Superfamily:
Neritoidea
(
- Order:
Neritopsina
(
- Superorder:
Neritaemorphi
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Theodoxus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. subterrelictus (Metkovich Cave Nerite) · T. transversalis (Striped Nerite)
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Further Reading
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- Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] url p. 311, p. 312, p. 329.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 88 1941 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 356, p. 376, p. 381, p. 401, p. 402.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 2001 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 54, p. 67.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 190, p. 26, p. 810.
- Current bibliography for fisheries science. Rome, Biology Branch, Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. url p. 75.
- Energy and environmental stress in aquatic systems: selected papers from a symposium held at Augusta, Georgia, November 2-4, 1977 / sponsored by Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Assistant Secretary for Environment, U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River National Environmental Resea [Washington]: Technical Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Energy; 1978. url p. 746.
- Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 18.
- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 246, p. 35.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 226.
- Synonymy of the British non-Marine Mollusca (Recent and Post-Tertiary) / Compiled and annotated by A.S. Kennard. .. and B.B. Woodward, &c. London, 1926. url p. 11, p. 2, p. 3.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 261, p. 268, p. 342.
- The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 111.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 528.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Puck dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Historical quantitative benthos grab samples from the Southern Baltic Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- NLBIF, Limnodata
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Bugs
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Invertebrates
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
- data for Great Britain and Ireland
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683047
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70178
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13382300
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70178
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 506318
Footnotes
- Mean = 90.510 meters (296.949 feet), Standard Deviation = 98.180 based on 9,740 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
