| Mexithauma quadripaludium | |
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| Lateral view of a damaged shell of Mexithauma quadripaludium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Mexithauma |
| Species: | M. quadripaludium |
| Binomial name | |
| Mexithauma quadripaludium Taylor, 1966 | |
Mexithauma quadripaludium is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico.
Ecology
Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi.
References
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mexithauma quadripaludium | |
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