Theodoxus jordani
# Theodoxus jordani

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

## Distribution

This species occurs in:

* Turkey
* Syria
* Lebanon
* Lake Kinneret in Israel
* Palestinian territories
* Yarmouk River in Jordan
* Iraq
* Iran

The type locality is the Jordan Basin.

Shells of this species were also found in Üçağızlı Cave in Turkey, in Upper Paleolithic deposits which probably originated from the Orontes River.

## Parasites

Parasites of Theodoxus jordani include two types of trematodes.

## Predators

Predators of Theodoxus jordani include:

* fishes Barbus longiceps, Blennius fluviatilis
* crab Potamon potamon

## Footnotes

* ↑ Various years of description are referred: 1832, 1836, 1844.
