Mexithauma quadripaludium

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Mexithauma quadripaludium
Mexithauma quadripaludium shell.png
Lateral view of a damaged shell of Mexithauma quadripaludium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Mexithauma
Species:
M. quadripaludium
Binomial name
Mexithauma quadripaludium
Taylor, 1966

Mexithauma quadripaludium is a species of freshwater snail, [1] an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico. [1]

Ecology

Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chaves-Campos J., Johnson S. G. & Hulsey C. D. (2011). "Spatial Geographic Mosaic in an Aquatic Predator-Prey Network". PLoS ONE 6(7): e22472. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0022472 .
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