Ladislavella elodes explained

Ladislavella elodes, the marsh pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Taxonomy

There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species.

Distribution

The distribution of Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States.

Ecology

Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:

• Echinostoma revolutum^[1]

Further reading

• Sandland . G. J. . Minchella . D. J. . Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails . Oecologia . 134 . 4 . 479–486 . 2003 . 10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x . 12647119 . 2003Oecol.134..479S .

Notes and References

1. Sorensen . R. E. . Kanev . I. . Fried . B. . Minchella . D. J. . The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails . The Journal of Parasitology . 83 . 1 . 169–170 . 1997 . 9057720 . 10.2307/3284342. 3284342 .