Ladislavella elodes

Marsh Pondsnail
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Secure  (NatureServe)
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]
Lymnaea elodes(Say, 1821) Lymnaea palustris(Muller, 1774) Lymneus elodesSay, 1821 Stagnicola elodes(Say, 1821) Stagnicola palustris(Muller, 1774) Stagnicola reflexa(Say, 1821)

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. ^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States. ^[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:

• Echinostoma revolutum ^[2]

References

1. Cordeiro, J. & & Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T189641A1930093. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189641A1930093.en . Retrieved 3 September 2014.
2. Sorensen, R. E.; Kanev, I.; Fried, B.; Minchella, D. J. (1997). "The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3284342. JSTOR   3284342. PMID   9057720.

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.