Theodoxus pallasi explained

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

Description

Coloration, radula and operculum of Theodoxus pallasi is similar to Theodoxus schultzii.

Distribution

The distribution of is Ponto-Caspian.^[1]

This species occurs in:

• Caspian Sea
• Armenia
• Kazakhstan
• South Russia
• Uzbekistan
• It was recorded from Kerman Province and Mazandaran Province in Iran (as Theodoxus lituratus).^[2]

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus pallasi include:

• dunlin Calidris alpina^[3]

Notes and References

1. Zettler M. L. (2007). "A redescription of Theodoxus schultzii (Grimm, 1877), an endemic neritid gastropod of the Caspian Sea". Journal of Conchology 39(3): 245-251.
2. Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ZooKeys 219: 11-61, .
3. Ehlert W. (1964). "Zur Ökologie und Biologie der Ernährung einiger Limikolen-Arten". Journal für Ornithologie 105(1): 1-53. .