Theodoxus Maresi
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''Theodoxus maresi'' is a species of small
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 in the family Neritidae the nerites.


Distribution

This species is found in Algeria and Morocco. The type locality is
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, near Zerguin, in north-eastern Algeria.


Description

The length of the shell is 8 mm.Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. Taylor & Francis. .


References

Neritidae Gastropods described in 1864 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Neritidae-stub