Mexithauma
| Mexithauma | |
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| Lateral view of a damaged shell of Mexithauma quadripaludium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Mexithauma D. W. Taylor, 1966 |
| Species: | M. quadripaludium |
| Binomial name | |
| Mexithauma quadripaludium D. W. Taylor, 1966 | |
Mexithauma quadripaludium is a species of freshwater snail,[1] an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae.[1] It is the only species in the genus Mexithauma.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico.[1]
Ecology
[edit]Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi.[1]
References
[edit]- 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.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Mexithauma D. W. Taylor, 1966". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 March 2026.