Theodoxus jordani explained

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:

• Turkey
• Syria
• Lebanon
• Lake Kinneret in Israel
• Palestinian territories
• Yarmouk River in Jordan^[1]
• Iraq
• Iran

The type locality is the Jordan Basin.

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.^[2]

Parasites

Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.^[3]

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:

• fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis^[4]
• crab Potamon potamon^[4]

External links

• 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: 443–448. .
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Amr Z. S & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". Denisia 14: 221-227. PDF.
2. 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. .
3. 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. .
4. Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia 44(1): 98-104. .