Theodoxus jordani

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Theodoxus jordani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Theodoxus
Species:
T. jordani
Binomial name
Theodoxus jordani
Synonyms
List
  • Neritina (Neritaea) gombaulti Pallary, 1939
  • Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis Pallary, 1939
  • Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. major Pallary, 1939
  • Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. minorPallary, 1939
  • Neritina (Neritaea) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836
  • Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894
  • Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861
  • Neritina (Neritaea) mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
  • Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836
  • Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894
  • Neritina anatolica var. mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874
  • Neritina bellardii Mousson, 1854
  • Neritina cinctella Martens, 1874
  • Neritina elleppenensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
  • Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874
  • Neritina jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836
  • Neritina jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861
  • Neritina karasuna Mousson, 1874
  • Neritina macrii var. michoni
  • Neritina meridionalis var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
  • Neritina mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874
  • Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
  • Neritina michonii Bourguignat, 1852
  • Neritina nilotica Reeve, 1855
  • Neritina orontis Blanckenhorn, 1897
  • Neritina ponsoti Pallary, 1930
  • Theodoxus (Neritaea) euphraticus (Mousson, 1874)
  • Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)·
  • †Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani tricarinatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993
  • † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. bicarinatus Picard, 1934
  • † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. unicarinatus Picard, 1934
  • Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus Eichhorst, 2016
  • † Theodoxus (Neritaea) pliocostulatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993
  • Theodoxus cinctellus (Martens, 1874)
  • Theodoxus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874)
  • Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1855)
  • Theodoxus octagonus Eichhorst, 2016<
  • Theodoxus orontis (Blanckenhorn, 1897)

Theodoxus jordani is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is the Jordan Basin.[1]

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.[4]

Parasites

Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.[2]

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:


Footnotes

  1. Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.

References

  1. Van Damme, D. (2014). "Theodoxus jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T20593072A42422245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20593072A42422245.en. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. Abdel-Hafez S. K.; Ismail N. S. (1983). "Larval stages of digenetic trematodes of Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby 1836) snails from Yarmouk River, Jordan". Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 69 (6): 789–796. doi:10.1007/BF00927428.
  3. Amr Z. S; Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan" (PDF). Denisia. 14: 221–227.
  4. Kuhn S. L.; Stiner M. C.; Reese D. S.; Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (13): 7641–7646. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.7641K. doi:10.1073/pnas.121590798. PMC 34721. PMID 11390976.
  5. Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia. 44 (1): 98–104. Bibcode:1979Oecol..44...98H. doi:10.1007/BF00346406. PMID 28310472.
  • Al-Dabbagh K. Y.; Khalid Y.; Luka J. Y. (1986). "Population dynamics of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby) in the Shatt Al-Arab River". Freshwater Biology. 16 (4): 443–448. Bibcode:1986FrBio..16..443A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00986.x.
  • Alouf N. J. (1998). "Distribution of Theodoxus jordani (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Lebanon: biogeographic aspects". Vie Milieu. 48: 133–138.
  • Al-Dabbagh K. Y.; Luka J. Y. (1986). "Respiration studies and population metabolism of the gastropod Theodoxus jordani (Sowerby)". Freshwater Biology. 16 (4): 449–453. Bibcode:1986FrBio..16..449A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00987.x.