''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
Aïn Khadra
Aïn Khadra is a town and commune in the northwest of M'Sila Province, Algeria
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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
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