Stagnicola elodes

Stagnicola elodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Lymnaeidae
Subfamily: Lymnaeinae
Genus: Stagnicola
Species: S. elodes
Binomial name
Stagnicola elodes
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms[1]

Lymnaea elodes (Say, 1821)
Stagnicola reflexa (Say, 1821)

Stagnicola elodes is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Taxonomy

There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, but it can be the same species as Stagnicola elodes.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Stagnicola elodes in North America includes the Great Lakes region and the United States.[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Stagnicola elodes include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cordeiro J. & Perez K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 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. 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. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x. PMID 12647119.


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