Ladislavella elodes
Species of gastropod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
_-_Lymnaeidae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpeg)
| Marsh Pondsnail | |
|---|---|
| |
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] | |
| |
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.[3]
Ecology
Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:
