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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is found in slow moving, very clean waters with low water
level
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List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- 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:
marteli
- (Pallary, 1920)
- Scientific name: - Theodoxus marteli (Pallary, 1920)
- Specific name:
marteli
- (Pallary, 1920)
- 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
(
Synonyms
Neritina fluviatilis • Theodoxus vondelli
Notes
Theodoxus marteli has been considered by most authors as synonymous with the European T. fluviatilis (Linné 1758). Current research in the Iberian peninsula and the Maghreb has shown that the degree of endemicity in freshwater molluscs of the Mediterranean region is significantly higher than has been assumed hitherto. We therefore prefer to maintain T. marteli provisionally as a distinct species.[1].
Similar Species
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Ghamizi, M. 1998. Les Mollusques des eaux continentales du Maroc: Systématique et Bioécologie. Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Van Damme, D. (ed.). 1984. Freshwater mollusca of Northern Africa. In: Dumont, Henri (ed.), Developments in Hydrobiology, pp. 164. Dr. W. Junk, Dordrecht.
- according collector.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Van Damme, D. & Ghamizi, M. 2010. Theodoxus marteli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 246113
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2409708
Footnotes
- Van Damme, D. & Ghamizi, M. 2010. Theodoxus marteli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
