Theodoxus niloticus

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.

Theodoxus niloticus
Theodoxus niloticus shells
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Theodoxus
Subgenus:	Neritaea
Species:	T. niloticus
Binomial name
Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
Theodoxia africana Bourguignat, 1883 Theodoxus africanus (Reeve, 1856)

Distribution

Distribution of this species include Egypt and Sudan.^[1][2]

The type locality is the Nile in Egypt.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell is 8 mm (0.31 in).^[2]

There are two apophyses on its operculum.^[2]

Ecology

It lives in slow running waters.^[2]