Theodoxus meridionalis


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

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Sicily, and north-western Tunisia.
The type locality is Syracuse, Sicily.

Description

The shell is cone-shaped to half-egg-shaped, almost smooth and weakly shiny. The color is pale yellowish with dark red to blackish zigzag streaks.
Dimensions of the shell are 4–5 × 7–8 mm.

Ecology

This small snail lives in cold running waters.