Theodoxus jordani facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Theodoxus jordani
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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
• Syria
• Lebanon
• Lake Kinneret in Israel
• Palestinian territories
• Yarmouk River in Jordan
• Iraq
• Iran

The type locality is the Jordan Basin.

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.

Parasites

Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:

• fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis
• crab Potamon potamon