Theodoxus niloticus

Theodoxus niloticus
	Theodoxus niloticus shells
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha; clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Subfamily:	Neritininae
Tribe:	Theodoxini
Genus:	Theodoxus
Subgenus:	Neritaea[2]
Species:	T. niloticus
Binomial name
	Theodoxus niloticus; (Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
	Theodoxia africana Bourguignat, 1883; Theodoxus africanus (Reeve, 1856);

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

Distribution

Distribution of this species include Egypt and Sudan.[1][3]

The type locality is the Nile in Egypt.[3]

The length of the shell is 8 mm.[3]

There are two apophyses on its operculum.[3]

It lives in slow running waters.[3]

Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2009). Theodoxus niloticus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 May 2011.
(in German) Schütt H. (1965). "Zur Systematik und Ökologie türkischer Süßwasserprosobranchier". Zoologische Mededelingen 41(3): 43-72, Plate 1. abstract, PDF.
Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.

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