Ladislavella_elodes

<i>Ladislavella elodes</i>

Ladislavella elodes

Species of gastropod

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [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. JSTOR 3284342. PMID 9057720.

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