Theodoxus niloticus
Species of gastropod
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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 | |
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| Theodoxus niloticus shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Theodoxus |
| Subgenus: | Neritaea |
| Species: | T. niloticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Theodoxus niloticus (Reeve, 1856) | |
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Distribution
Description
Ecology
It lives in slow running waters.[2]
