''Theodoxus'' is a
genus
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of nerites, small water
snail
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s with an
operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and
brackish water
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, 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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s in the family
Neritidae
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.
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, the nerites.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Theodoxus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153531 on 2014-11-17.]
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Theodoxus'' includes Europe and northern Africa and also extends east to southern
Iran
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.
No other species within Neritidae have
sympatric
In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct species sh ...
al distribution with ''Theodoxus''.
The distribution of the genus ''Theodoxus'' is an exception within Neritidae, because Neritidae live primarily in the southern hemisphere.
Species within ''Theodoxus'' are the only Neritidae snails, that live in
temperate climate
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.
Bunje & Lindberg (2007) presented the first
phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
hypothesis of the clade ''Theodoxus''.
[Bunje P. M. & Lindberg D. R. (2007). "Lineage divergence of a freshwater snail clade associated with post-Tethys marine basin development". '']Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of evolutionary biology and phylogenetics. The journal is edited by E.A. Zimmer.
Indexing
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...
'' 42(2): 373–387. . The evolution of the genus ''Theodoxus'' was affected by separating of
Mediterranean Sea
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and
Paratethys
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Paratethys was peculiar due to its pa ...
sea in
Miocene
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.
Description
The
shell
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* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
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in this genus is semiovular with a flat apertural plain. There is no
umbilicus. The
columella
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His ' in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture, together with the wo ...
and inner
whorls
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are dissolved.
Species in the genus ''Theodoxus '' are highly variable in size, in color pattern of the
periostracum
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, in details of the
operculum and in the
radula
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, and all these factors can make identification to species level very challenging.
[Zettler M. L., Frankowski J., Bochert R. & Röhner M. (2004). "Morphological and ecological features of ''Theodoxus fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) from Baltic brackish water and German freshwater populations". '']Journal of Conchology
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'' 38(3): 305-316
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Ecology
These animals live on stones, and often also under stones, in up to 5–6 m depth or deeper, feeding on algal covers.
''Theodoxus '' needs rough surfaces in order to be able to digest its food, so a stony
substrate is necessary.
Green algae are not consumed; ''Theodoxus '' has no
cellulase
Cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4; systematic name 4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) is any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze cellulolysis, the decomposition of cellulose and of some related polysaccharide ...
s.
These snails lay egg capsules containing 30-70 eggs each, usually on the shells of other ''Theodoxus '' animals; only one juvenile grows, the other eggs serve as food.
Species
There were no systematic review of the genus ''Theodoxus'' as of 2007.
Bunje (2004) noted at least 34 extant taxa at species level in the genus ''Theodoxus''.
IUCN Red List
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(2015) provided conservation status for 23 species of ''Theodoxus''.
Species within the genus ''Theodoxus'' include:
; Subgenus ''Brusinaella''
Andrusov, 1912
* † ''
Theodoxus petasatus'' (Seninski, 1905)
; Subgenus ''Calvertia''
Bourguignat, 1880
* † ''
Theodoxus acuticarinatus'' (Fuchs, 1870)
* † ''
Theodoxus amblygonioides
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). Th ...
'' Wenz, 1930
* † ''
Theodoxus amethystinus'' (Brusina, 1874)
* † ''
Theodoxus anconae'' (Capellini, 1880)
* † ''
Theodoxus angularis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus anonymus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Anistratenko & Gozhik, 1995
* † ''
Theodoxus atticus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Kühn, 1963
* † ''
Theodoxus barakovici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1902)
* † ''
Theodoxus bessarabicus'' (Sinzov, 1896)
* † ''
Theodoxus brusinai
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Pavlović, 1931)
* † ''
Theodoxus capellinii
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Pantanelli, 1876)
* † ''
Theodoxus capillaceus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Brusina, 1874)
* † ''
Theodoxus crescens'' (Fuchs, 1870)
* † ''
Theodoxus doderleini'' (d'Ancona, 1869)
* † ''
Theodoxus dumortieri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Fontannes, 1878)
* † ''
Theodoxus fasciatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Gozhik in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007
* † ''
Theodoxus gnezdai'' (Brusina, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus grateloupianus'' (Férussac, 1823)
* † ''
Theodoxus hoernesanus'' (Semper, 1867)
* † ''
Theodoxus ingulenzis'' Gozhik in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007
* † ''
Theodoxus kalodictya
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Andrusov, 1909)
* † ''
Theodoxus koslinskyi'' (Porumbaru, 1881)
* † ''
Theodoxus lamellatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Brusina, 1892)
* † ''
Theodoxus lineatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Sinzov, 1896)
* † ''
Theodoxus lorkovici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Brusina, 1878)
* † ''
Theodoxus macedonicus'' Wenz, 1943
* † ''
Theodoxus maculosus'' Gozhik in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007
* † ''
Theodoxus mayeri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Semper, 1867)
* † ''
Theodoxus militaris'' (Neumayr, 1869)
* † ''
Theodoxus miljkovici'' (Brusina, 1902)
* † ''
Theodoxus millepunctatus'' (Brusina, 1902)
* † ''
Theodoxus moeschi'' Locard, 1893
* † ''
Theodoxus morulus'' Kühn, 1963
* † ''
Theodoxus mutinensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (d'Ancona, 1869)
* † ''
Theodoxus neumayri'' (Burgerstein, 1877)
* † ''
Theodoxus nitens'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus nivosus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1874)
* † ''
Theodoxus novorossicus'' (Sinzov, 1896)
* † ''
Theodoxus obtusangulaeformis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus oxytropida'' (Andrusov, 1909)
* † ''
Theodoxus pavlovici'' Milošević, 1983
* † ''
Theodoxus philippianus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Locard, 1883
* † ''
Theodoxus pilari
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus platystoma'' (Brusina, 1874)
* † ''
Theodoxus pseudodanubialis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Sinzov, 1896)
* † ''
Theodoxus pseudofluviatilis'' Locard, 1893
* † ''
Theodoxus pseudograteloupanus'' (Sinzov, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus radmanesti'' (Fuchs, 1870)
* † ''
Theodoxus radovanovici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1893)
* † ''
Theodoxus reiseri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1902)
* † ''
Theodoxus rugosus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Pavlović, 1931)
* † ''
Theodoxus sagittiferus'' (Brusina, 1874)
* † ''
Theodoxus schachmaticus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Andrusov, 1909)
* † ''
Theodoxus scoliogramma'' (Brusina, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus semidentatus'' (Sandberger, 1875)
* † ''
Theodoxus serrulatus'' (Brusina, 1892)
* † ''
Theodoxus slavonicus'' (Brusina, 1878)
* † ''
Theodoxus sophievkaensis'' Gozhik in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007
* † ''
Theodoxus stanae'' (Brusina, 1893)
* † ''
Theodoxus stefanescui'' (Fontannes, 1887)
* † ''
Theodoxus stefanescuiformis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Gozhik in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007
* † ''
Theodoxus subquadrofasciatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus subslavonicus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus sundicus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Andrusov, 1909)
* † ''
Theodoxus suskalovici'' (Pavlović, 1903)
* † ''
Theodoxus sycophantus'' (Brusina, 1878)
* † ''
Theodoxus tropidophorus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus turbinatus'' (Fuchs, 1870)
* † ''
Theodoxus veljetinensis'' (Pavlović, 1903)
* † ''
Theodoxus venustus'' (Brusina, 1897)
* † ''
Theodoxus xanthozona'' (Brusina, 1884)
* † ''
Theodoxus zagradovkaensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Gozhik, 2002
* † ''
Theodoxus zivkovici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Pavlović, 1903)
;Subgenus ''Neritonyx''
Andrusov, 1912
* † ''
Theodoxus unguiculatus'' (Seninski, 1905)
;Subgenus ''Ninniopsis''
Tomlin, 1930
* † ''
Theodoxus colchicus'' (Andrusov, 1912)
;Subgenus ''Neritaea''
Roth, 1855
* ''
Theodoxus anatolicus
''Theodoxus anatolicus'' is a species of a freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theodoxus anatolicus ...
'' (Récluz, 1841)
["''Neritaea''"](_blank)
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, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 12 April 2011.
* † ''
Theodoxus groyanus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Férussac, 1823)
* ''
Theodoxus jordani
''Theodoxus jordani'' is a species of freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
* List of non-marine mollusc ...
'' (Sowerby)
* † ''
Theodoxus micans
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Gaudry & Fischer in Gaudry, 1867)
* ''
Theodoxus niloticus'' (Reeve, 1856)
- synonym: ''Theodoxus africanus'' (Reeve, 1856)
* † ''
Theodoxus subdoricus'' Schütt, 1976
* ''
Theodoxus subterrelictus'' Schütt, 1963
* ''
Theodoxus peloponensis''
(Récluz, 1841)
* ''
Theodoxus varius'' (Menke, 1828)
;Subgenus ''Theodoxus''
Montfort, 1810
* ''
Theodoxus altenai
''Theodoxus altenai'' is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
The distribution of this species inclu ...
'' Schütt, 1965
["Species in genus ''Theodoxus ''"](_blank)
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, accessed 11 April 2011.[ Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". '']Zoologische Mededelingen
''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...
'' 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1
abstract
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* ''
Theodoxus baeticus'' (Lamarck, 1822)
["''Theodoxus ''"](_blank)
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, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 12 April 2011.
* † ''
Theodoxus becenensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Cobălcescu, 1883)
* † ''
Theodoxus brenneri'' (Handmann, 1882)
* † ''
Theodoxus carasiensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''
Theodoxus constantiae'' Stefanescu, 1896
* † ''
Theodoxus culceri'' (Porumbaru, 1881)
* † ''
Theodoxus cyrtocelis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Krauss, 1852)
* ''
Theodoxus danubialis
''Theodoxus danubialis'' is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. The species is considered as endangered in Germany, Austria and in the Czech Republic.
...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1828)
* † ''
Theodoxus denisluensis'' (Oppenheim, 1919)
* † ''
Theodoxus deperditus'' (Almera, 1894)
* † ''
Theodoxus elongatulus'' (Philippi, 1844)
* † ''
Theodoxus eugenii'' Jekelius, 1944
* ''
Theodoxus euxinus'' (Clessin, 1886)
* ''
Theodoxus fluviatilis
''Theodoxus fluviatilis'', common name the river nerite, is a species of small freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). ''T ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
-
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
.
[Anistratenko V. V. (2005). "Lectotypes for ''Tricolia pullus'', ''Gibbula divaricata'' and ''Theodoxus fluviatilis'' (Mollusca, Gastropoda) revisited". '' Vestnik zoologii'' 39(6): 3-10]
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synonyms: ''Theodoxus brauneri'' (Lindholm, 1908)
(but as separate species per
); ''Theodoxus brauneri'' f. ''lacrymans'' Lindholm, 1908;
''Theodoxus brauneri'' f. '' alboguttata'' Lindholm, 1908;
''Theodoxus brauneri'' f. ''pulherrima'' Lindholm, 1908;
''Theodoxus lutetianus'' Montfort, 1810.
Bunje (2005)
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does not consider ''Theodoxus velox'' Anistratenko, 1999
[Anistratenko O. Y., Starobogatov Y. I. & Anistratenko V. V. (1999). "Mollusks of the genus ''Theodoxus '' (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia, Neritidae) from the Black and the Azov seas basin". '' Vestnik Zoologii'' 33: 11-19.] to be a distinct species from ''Theodoxus fluviatilis''.
* † ''
Theodoxus gregarius
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Thomä, 1845)
* ''
Theodoxus heldreichi
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Martens, 1879)
* † ''
Theodoxus hisingeri'' (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841)
* ''
Theodoxus hispalensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Martens, 1879)
* † ''
Theodoxus jekeliusi
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jurišić-Polšak, 1979
* † ''
Theodoxus leobersdorfensis'' (Handmann, 1887)
* ''
Theodoxus meridionalis'' (Philippi, 1836)
* † ''
Theodoxus milessii'' Papp, 1979
* † ''
Theodoxus moosbrunnensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Papp, 1953
* † ''
Theodoxus morellii
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841)
* ''
Theodoxus pallasi
''Theodoxus pallasi'' is a species of a freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Description
Coloration, radula and operculum of ''Theodoxus pal ...
'' Lindholm, 1924
- synonym: ''Theodoxus lituratus'' (Eichwald, 1838)
* † ''
Theodoxus pilidei'' (Tournouër, 1879)
* ''
Theodoxus prevostianus'' (Pfeiffer, 1828)
* † ''
Theodoxus punctatolineatus'' (Sinzov, 1896)
* ''
Theodoxus saulcyi'' (Bourguignat, 1852)
* † ''
Theodoxus scamandrius
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880)
* † ''
Theodoxus semiplicatus'' (Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875)
* † ''
Theodoxus simplex'' (Fuchs, 1877)
* † ''
Theodoxus subglobosus'' (Eichwald, 1853)
* ''
Theodoxus subthermalis'' (Bourguignat in Issel, 1865)
or ''Theodoxus fluviatilis subthermalis'' Issel, 1865
* ''
Theodoxus transversalis
The striped nerite, scientific name ''Theodoxus transversalis'', is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
The distribution of this species is ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1828)
* † ''
Theodoxus trifasciatus'' (Grateloup, 1839)
* † ''
Theodoxus turislavicus'' Jekelius, 1944
* ''
Theodoxus valentinus'' (Graells, 1846)
* † ''
Theodoxus zografi'' (Brusina, 1902)
;Subgenus ?
* † ''
Theodoxus abnormis'' (Jenkins, 1864)
* † ''
Theodoxus almelae
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Revilla, 1958)
* ''
Theodoxus astrachanicus'' Starobogatov, 1994
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* † ''Theodoxus banaticus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus bohotinensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Simionescu & Barbu, 1940)
* † '' Theodoxus bolivari'' (Royo Gómez, 1922)
* † ''Theodoxus bukowskii
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Oppenheim, 1919)
* '' Theodoxus cariosus'' (Wood, 1828)
* '' Theodoxus coronatus'' (Leach, 1815)
* † '' Theodoxus crenulatus'' (Klein, 1853)
* † '' Theodoxus cunici'' (Brusina, 1892)
* ''Theodoxus danasteri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Lindholm, 1908)
* † '' Theodoxus doricus'' (Neumayr, 1880)
* '' Theodoxus euxinus'' (Clessin, 1886)
* ''Theodoxus gloeri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Odabaşi & Arslan, 2015
* '' Theodoxus gurur'' Sands & Glöer, 2020
* † '' Theodoxus hellenicus'' (Bukowski, 1896)
* † ''Theodoxus imbricatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Brusina, 1878)
* † '' Theodoxus intracarpaticus'' Jekelius, 1944
* '' Theodoxus karasuna''
* † '' Theodoxus licherdopoli'' (Stefanescu, 1896)
* ''Theodoxus luteofasciatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Miller, 1879)
* ''Theodoxus macri
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Sowerby, 1849)
* '' Theodoxus maresi'' (Bourguignat, 1864)
* '' Theodoxus marteli'' (Pallary, 1920)
* '' Theodoxus milachevitchi'' Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966
* ''Theodoxus mutinensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
''
* '' Theodoxus numidicus'' (Récluz, 1841)
* '' Theodoxus olivaceus''
* ''Theodoxus pallasi
''Theodoxus pallasi'' is a species of a freshwater snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Description
Coloration, radula and operculum of ''Theodoxus pal ...
'' Lindholm, 1924
* ''Theodoxus pallidus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Dunker, 1861
* † '' Theodoxus pappi'' Sauerzopf, 1952
* † '' Theodoxus paradisii'' (Magrograssi, 1928)
* † '' Theodoxus patrae'' Esu & Girotti, 2015
* † '' Theodoxus percarinatus'' (Oppenheim, 1919)
* '' Theodoxus pilidei'' (Tournouêr, 1879)
* † ''Theodoxus politioanei
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus politus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* ''Theodoxus poppei
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Ahuir, 2020
* † '' Theodoxus postcrenulatus'' Papp, 1953
* † ''Theodoxus prozlatarici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* † '' Theodoxus pseudodacicus'' Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 †
* † Theodoxus quadrifasciatus (Bielz, 1864) †
* † ''Theodoxus reticulatus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Pană, 1990
* † '' Theodoxus rhodiensis'' (Tournouër in Fischer, 1877)
* ''Theodoxus sarmaticus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Lindholm, 1901)
* ''Theodoxus schultzii
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Grimm, 1877)[Zettler M. L. (2007). "A redescription of ''Theodoxus schultzii'' (Grimm, 1877), an endemic neritid gastropod of the Caspian Sea". '']Journal of Conchology
The ''Journal of Conchology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, covering research in conchology and malacology. It claims to be the world's oldest continuing publication on t ...
'' 39(3): 245-252
abstract
* † ''Theodoxus scriptus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Stefanescu, 1896)
* † '' Theodoxus serratiliniformis'' Geyer, 1914[Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., .]
* † ''Theodoxus sinjanus
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' (Brusina, 1876)
* † ''Theodoxus soceni
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus sphaeroidalis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' (Revilla, 1958)
* † '' Theodoxus spratti'' (Jenkins, 1864)
* † '' Theodoxus stoicai'' Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
* '' Theodoxus subthermalis'' Bourguignat in Issel, 1865
* † '' Theodoxus susuzianus'' Harzhauser, Neubauer & Hoşgör, 2018
* † '' Theodoxus timisensis'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus trilophosensis
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Rust, 1997
* '' Theodoxus velascoi'' (Graëlls, 1846)
* ''Theodoxus velox
''Theodoxus fluviatilis'', common name the river nerite, is a species of small freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the ne ...
'' V. Anistratenko in O. Anistratenko, Starobogatov & V. Anistratenko, 1999
* '' Theodoxus vespertinus'' (Sowerby II, 1849)
* '' Theodoxus wesselinghi'' Sands & Glöer, 2020
* ''Theodoxus wilkei
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bouchet, P. (2014). The ...
'' Sands & Glöer, 2020
* † ''Theodoxus zlatarici
''Theodoxus'' is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.Bo ...
'' Brusina, 1902)
;Synonyms:
* † ''Theodoxus burdigalensis'' (d'Orbigny, 1852) : synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) trifasciatus'' (Grateloup, 1839)
* ''Theodoxus cariosus'' (Wood, 1828) and '' Theodoxus cariosa'' are synonyms of '' Neritina cariosa'' (Wood, 1828)[Goodwin D. R. (2006). "The Discovery of ''Neritina'' (''Theodoxus '') ''cariosa'' (Wood, 1828) on the Island of Maui, Hawaii (Gastropoda: Neritidae)". ''Visaya Net'' 11 pp]
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* † ''Theodoxus dacicus'' Jekelius, 1944: synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) leobersdorfensis dacicus'' Jekelius, 1944
* ''Theodoxus doriae'' Issel, 1865: synonym of ''Theodoxus fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Theodoxus euphraticus'' (Mousson, 1874)[Mansoorian A. (2001). "Freshwater Gastropod of Khuzestan Province, South-West Iran". '' Iranian Int. J. Sci.'' 2(2): 9 pp]
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is a synonym of '' Neritina euphratica'' Mousson, 1874[Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". '']ZooKeys
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'' 219: 11-61, .
* † ''Theodoxus intracarpatica'' Jekelius, 1944 : synonym of † ''Theodoxus intracarpaticus'' Jekelius, 1944
* ''Theodoxus lutetianus'' Montfort, 1810: synonym of ''Theodoxus fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) fluviatilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* † ''Theodoxus mariae'' (Handmann, 1887): synonym of † ''Neritina mariae
''Neritina'' (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Re ...
'' Handmann, 1887
* † ''Theodoxus martensi'' (Brusina, 1884): synonym of † '' Ninnia martensi'' (Brusina, 1884)
* ''Theodoxus neglectus'' is a synonym of '' Neritina neglecta'' (Pease, 1861)
* † ''Theodoxus oslavanensis'' Rzehak, 1893: synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) cyrtocelis austriacus'' (Rzehak, 1893)
* ''Theodoxus oualaniense'' (Lesson, 1831): synonym of Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClithon oualaniense (Lesson, 1831)
* † ''Theodoxus perlongus'' Jekelius, 1944: synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) zografi perlongus'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus petralbensis'' Jekelius, 1944: synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) zografi petralbensis'' Jekelius, 1944
* † ''Theodoxus pictus'' (Férussac, 1823): synonym of † '' Agapilia picta'' (Férussac, 1823)
* ''Theodoxus reclivatus'' Say, 1822: synonym of '' Neritina usnea'' (Röding, 1798)
* † ''Theodoxus rumanus'' (Stefanescu, 1896): synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Calvertia) stefanescui'' (Fontannes, 1887)
* † ''Theodoxus scamandri'' (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880): synonym of † ''Theodoxus (Theodoxus) scamandrius'' (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880)
* ''Theodoxus vespertinus'' : synonym of ''Neritina vespertinus
''Neritina'' (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' (Sowerby, 1849)
* † ''Theodoxus vetranici'' (Brusina, 1902): synonym of † ''Neritina vetranici
''Neritina'' (common name: nerite snails), is a genus of small aquatic snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum in the family Neritidae, the nerites.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritina Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Re ...
'' (Brusina, 1902)
* ''Theodoxus virginea'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''Neritina virginea
''Vitta virginea'', the Virgin Nerite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.
Distribution
This species is widespread from the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, West Indies, Greater and Lesser Antilles, Dominica, ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* † ''Theodoxus (Vittoclithon) pictus bizonalis'' (Grateloup, 1839): synonym of † ''Agapilia picta bizonalis'' (Grateloup, 1839)
References
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* Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 2. Harxheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 696-1366
External links
* Bandel K. (2001). "The history of ''Theodoxus '' and ''Neritina'' connected with description and systematic evaluation of related Neritimorpha (Gastropoda)". '' Mittelungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaontologischen Institut Universitat Hamburg'' 85: 65-164
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