Theodoxus transversalis

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Theodoxus transversalis

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Neritoida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Theodoxus
Species: T. transversalis
Binomial name
Theodoxus transversalis
(C. Pfeiffer, 1828)

Theodoxus transversalis is a small species of freshwater snail with an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

[edit] Distribution and conservation status

Distribution: Danubian.


  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Germany - in Bavaria only and it is critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht) [2]
  • Slovakia - extinct
  • Hungary
  • Moldova
  • Romania
  • Serbia and Montenegro
  • Ukraine

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Theodoxus transversalis", 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Retrieved on 2007-06-14. 
  2. ^ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 108, ISBN 3-923376-02-2


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