• Source: 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.




Taxonomy


There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species.




Distribution


The distribution of Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States.




Ecology


Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:

Echinostoma revolutum




References






Further reading


Sandland, G. J.; Minchella, D. J. (2003). "Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails". Oecologia. 134 (4): 479–486. Bibcode:2003Oecol.134..479S. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x. PMID 12647119.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ladislavella elodes
• Ladislavella
• Stagnicola (gastropod)
• Lymnaea
• Stagnicola palustris
• List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico
• Lymnaeidae