North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

153558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153558)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Theodoxus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Nerita fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Theodoxus (Theodoxus) fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 777 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153558 on 2026-09-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153558 on 2026-09-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-20 10:33:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-07 12:52:42Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2015-01-08 13:20:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2019-01-22 20:10:17Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 777 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 22 [details]

additional source Martínez-Ortí, A.; Osca, D. (2023). Contribution to the taxonomic study of Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Neritidae) from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Zoolentia. 3: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7613283 [details]

ecology source Zettler, M. L.; Frankowski, J.; Bochert, R.; Röhner, M. (2004). Morphological and ecological features of Theodoxus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Baltic brackish water and German freshwater populations. Journal of Conchology. 38(3): 303-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.408143 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 82. [details]