Theodoxus meridionalis
# Theodoxus meridionalis

Theodoxus meridionalis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

## Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Sicily (which is part of Italy), and north-western Tunisia.

The type locality is Syracuse, Sicily.

## Description

The shell is cone-shaped to half-egg-shaped, almost smooth and weakly shiny. The color is pale yellowish with dark red to blackish zigzag streaks.

Dimensions of the shell are 4-5 × 7-8 mm.

## Ecology

This small snail lives in cold running waters.

