Theodoxus jordani

Theodoxus jordani

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Theodoxus
Species:	T. jordani
Binomial name
*Theodoxus jordani* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)^[note 1]
Synonyms
List Neritina (Neritaea) gombaulti Pallary, 1939 Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis Pallary, 1939 Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. major Pallary, 1939 Neritina (Neritaea) homsensis var. minorPallary, 1939 Neritina (Neritaea) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894 Neritina (Neritaea) jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861 Neritina (Neritaea) mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 Neritina (Theodoxia) jordani var. aberrans Dautzenberg, 1894 Neritina anatolica var. mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874 Neritina bellardii Mousson, 1854 Neritina cinctella Martens, 1874 Neritina elleppenensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1849 Neritina euphratica Mousson, 1874 Neritina jordani G. B. Sowerby I, 1836 Neritina jordani var. turris Mousson, 1861 Neritina karasuna Mousson, 1874 Neritina macrii var. michoni Neritina meridionalis var. mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina mesopotamica E. von Martens, 1874 Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina michonii Bourguignat, 1852 Neritina nilotica Reeve, 1855 Neritina orontis Blanckenhorn, 1897 Neritina ponsoti Pallary, 1930 Theodoxus (Neritaea) euphraticus (Mousson, 1874) Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)· †Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani tricarinatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993 † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. bicarinatus Picard, 1934 † Theodoxus (Neritaea) jordani var. unicarinatus Picard, 1934 Theodoxus (Neritaea) octagonus Eichhorst, 2016 † Theodoxus (Neritaea) pliocostulatus Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993 Theodoxus cinctellus (Martens, 1874) Theodoxus euphraticus (Mousson, 1874) Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1855) Theodoxus octagonus Eichhorst, 2016< Theodoxus orontis (Blanckenhorn, 1897)

Theodoxus jordani is a species of 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 the Jordan Basin.^[1]

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits 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.

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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.

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