Theodoxus

Theodoxus
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
An oblique left side view of a live Theodoxus fluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritinae
Genus: Theodoxus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Theodoxus lutetianus Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[2]
  • † Brusinaella Andrusov, 1912
  • † Calvertia Bourguignat, 1881
  • † Meganinnia Davitashvili, 1930 ·
  • Nerita (Theodoxus) Montfort, 1810
  • Neritina Montfort, 1810
  • Neritina (Neritaea) J. R. Roth, 1855
  • Neritina (Neritodonta) Brusina, 1884 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina (Theodoxia) Bourguignat, 1877 (unjustified emendation)
  • Neritina (Theodoxus) Montfort, 1810
  • Neritoconus Kobelt, 1871
  • Neritodonta Brusina, 1884 (junior synonym)
  • Neritonyx Andrusov, 1912
  • Ninnia Brusina, 1903
  • Neritoglobus Kobelt, 1871
  • † Ninniopsis Tomlin, 1930 (original rank)
  • † Pettretinia Bourguignat, 1881 (subjective synonym)
  • † Saintsimonia Bourguignat, 1881 (subjective synonym)
  • Theodoxia Bourguignat, 1877 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Theodoxus)
  • Theodoxis Montfort, 1810 (alternative original spelling, not in use)
  • † Theodoxus (Brusinaella) Andrusov, 1912· accepted, alternate representation
  • Theodoxus (Calvertia) Bourguignat, 1880· accepted, alternate representation
  • Theodoxus (Neritaea) J. R. Roth, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Theodoxus (Neritonyx) Andrusov, 1912· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Theodoxus (Ninniopsis) Tomlin, 1930· accepted, alternate representation
  • Theodoxus (Theodoxus) Montfort, 1810· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Tripaloia Bourguignat, 1881

Theodoxus is a genus of nerites, small water snails with an operculum, some of which live in freshwater, and some in both freshwater and brackish water, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[2]

  1. ^ Montfort D. de (1810). Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles; offrant leurs figures, leur arrangement générique, leurs descriptions caractéristiques, leurs noms; ainsi que leur synonymie en plusieurs langues. Ouvrage destiné à faciliter l'étude des coquilles, ainsi que leur disposition dans les cabinets d'histoire naturelle. Coquilles univalves, non cloisonnées. Tome second. pp. [1-3], 1-676. Paris. (Schoell). page 350.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Theodoxus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153531 on 2014-11-17.