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Campeloma decisum

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Campeloma decisum
A shell and an operculum of Campeloma decisum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Campeloma
Species:
C. decisum
Binomial name
Campeloma decisum
(Say, 1817)

Campeloma decisum, common name the pointed campeloma, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Description

Right lateral view of a shell of Campeloma decisum

Campeloma decisum can be found in freshwater ecosystems throughout eastern North America. The species is capable of both sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis.[1] They typically reproduce when they're a year old, and live approximately three years. The species is sexually dimorphic.[2]

Ecology

Parasites of Campeloma decisum include trematode Aspidogaster conchicola.[3]

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Steven G (1992). "Spontaneous and hybrid origins of parthenogenesis in Campeloma decisum (freshwater prosobranch snail)". Heredity. 68 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 253–261. doi:10.1038/hdy.1992.38. ISSN 0018-067X.
  2. ^ Brown, Kenneth M.; Varza, Dennis; Richardson, Terry D. (1989). "Life Histories and Population Dynamics of Two Subtropical Snails (Prosobranchia:Viviparidae)". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 8 (3). [University of Chicago Press, Society for Freshwater Science]: 222–228. JSTOR 1467325. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.