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Theodoxus altenai
Shells of Theodoxus altenai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: 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]

  1. ^ Van Damme, D.; Kebapçı, U. (2014). "Theodoxus altenai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20593070A42422240. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20593070A42422240.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d (in German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF. page 46.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Species summary for Theodoxus altenai". AnimalBase, last modified 15 June 2010, accessed 15 April 2011.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theodoxus altenai
Shells of Theodoxus altenai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: 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]

  1. ^ Van Damme, D.; Kebapçı, U. (2014). "Theodoxus altenai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20593070A42422240. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20593070A42422240.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d (in German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF. page 46.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Species summary for Theodoxus altenai". AnimalBase, last modified 15 June 2010, accessed 15 April 2011.

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