''Theodoxus jordani'' is a
species
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of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
with an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
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Turkey
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
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Lake Kinneret in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Palestinian territories
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Yarmouk River
The Yarmuk River ( ar, نهر اليرموك, translit=Nahr al-Yarmūk, ; Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; la, Hieromyces or ''Heromicas''; sometimes spelled Yarmouk), is the largest tributary of the Jordan River. It runs in Jordan, Syria and Israel ...
in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
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Iraq
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Iran
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The
type locality is the
Jordan Basin
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River ...
.
Shells of this species were also found in
Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the
Orontes River
The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
...
.
[Kuhn S. L., Stiner M. C., Reese D. S. & Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". '''' 98(13): 7641–7646. .]
Parasites
Parasites of ''Theodoxus jordani'' include two types of trematodes.
[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
''Parasitology Research'', formerly known as ''Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde'' (German for ''Journal for Parasite Study'') is a journal founded by Albrecht Hase (born March 16th, 1882, died November 20th, 1962), a German entomologist and para ...
'' 69(6): 789-796. .
Predators
Predators of ''Theodoxus jordani'' include:
* fishes ''
Barbus longiceps
The Jordan barbel (''Luciobarbus longiceps'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habita ...
'', ''
Blennius fluviatilis
''Blennius'' is a Genus of combtooth blenny in the family Blenniidae. Its members include ''Blennius ocellaris'', the Butterfly Blenny.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
*''Blennius normani'' Poll, 1949
*'' Bl ...
''
[Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". '' Oecologia'' 44(1): 98-104. .]
* crab ''
Potamon potamon
''Potamon'' is a genus of freshwater or semiterrestrial crabs mainly found from Southern Europe through the Middle East, and as far east as north-western India. The only exception is the North African ''P. algeriense'', which also is the only ...
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Footnotes
References
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.
Neritidae
Gastropods described in 1836
Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I
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