| Marsh Pondsnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Ladislavella |
| Species: | L. elodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Ladislavella elodes (Say, 1821)
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Ladislavella elodes, the marsh pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
Taxonomy
There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States.[2]
Ecology
Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:
References
- ^ a b c Cordeiro, J. & & Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T189641A1930093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189641A1930093.en. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ a b Sorensen, R. E.; Kanev, I.; Fried, B.; Minchella, D. J. (1997). "The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3284342. JSTOR 3284342. PMID 9057720.
Further reading
- Sandland, G. J.; Minchella, D. J. (2003). "Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails". Oecologia. 134 (4): 479–486. Bibcode:2003Oecol.134..479S. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x. PMID 12647119.
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