Theodoxus jordani
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Theodoxus jordani is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Turkey[1]
- Syria[1]
- Lebanon[1]
- Lake Kinneret in Israel[1]
- Palestinian territories[1]
- Yarmouk River[2] in Jordan[1][3]
- Iraq[1]
- Iran[1]
The type locality is Jordan Basin.[1]
Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in deposits from the Upper Paleolithic which probably originated from the Orontes River.[4]
Parasites
Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.[2]
Predators
Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:
- fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis[5]
- crab Potamon potamon[5]
Footnotes
- ^ Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.[clarification needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Van Damme D. (2014). "Theodoxus jordani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b 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 69(6): 789-796. doi:10.1007/BF00927428.
- ^ Amr Z. S & Abu Baker M. (2004). "Freshwater snails of Jordan". 'Denisia 14: 221-227. PDF.
- ^ Kuhn S. L., Stiner M. C., Reese D. S. & Güleç E. (2001). "Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic: New insights from the Levant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(13): 7641–7646. doi:10.1073/pnas.121590798.
- ^ a b Heller J. (1979). "Visual versus non-visual selection of shell colour in an Israeli freshwater snail". Oecologia 44(1): 98-104. doi:10.1007/BF00346406.
External links
Databases 
people - 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1986.tb00986.x.
- 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.
