Theodoxus pallasi

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

Theodoxus pallasi
Theodoxus pallasi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Theodoxus
Species:	T. pallasi
Binomial name
Theodoxus pallasi Lindholm, 1924[2]
Synonyms[3]
Neritina liturata Eichwald, 1838[4] Theodoxus lituratus (Eichwald, 1838)

Description

Coloration, radula and operculum of Theodoxus pallasi is similar to Theodoxus schultzii.^[3]

Distribution

The distribution of is Ponto-Caspian.^[3]

This species occurs in:

• Caspian Sea
• Armenia^[1]
• Kazakhstan^[1]
• South Russia^[1]
• Uzbekistan^[1]
• It was recorded from Kerman Province and Mazandaran Province in Iran (as Theodoxus lituratus).^[5]

Predators

Predators of Theodoxus pallasi include:

• dunlin Calidris alpina^[6]