Ladislavella elodes

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.

Marsh Pondsnail
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Lymnaeidae
Subfamily:	Lymnaeinae
Genus:	Ladislavella
Species:	L. elodes
Binomial name
Ladislavella elodes (Say, 1821)
Synonyms[1]
Lymnaea elodes (Say, 1821) Lymnaea palustris (Muller, 1774) Lymneus elodes Say, 1821 Stagnicola elodes (Say, 1821) Stagnicola palustris (Muller, 1774) Stagnicola reflexa (Say, 1821)

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:

• Echinostoma revolutum^[2]