| Marsh Pondsnail | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Ladislavella |
| Species: | L. elodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Ladislavella elodes (Say, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ladislavella elodes, the marsh pondsnail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
Taxonomy
There is a very similar species Stagnicola palustris in Europe, and both species could in fact be one and the same species.
Distribution
The distribution of Ladislavella elodes in North America includes all of Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States.
Ecology
Parasites of Ladislavella elodes include:
References
- ^ Cordeiro, J. & & Perez, K. (2012). "Stagnicola elodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T189641A1930093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T189641A1930093.en. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ Sorensen, R. E.; Kanev, I.; Fried, B.; Minchella, D. J. (1997). "The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (1): 169–170. doi:10.2307/3284342. JSTOR 3284342. PMID 9057720.
Further reading
- Sandland, G. J.; Minchella, D. J. (2003). "Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails". Oecologia. 134 (4): 479–486. Bibcode:2003Oecol.134..479S. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1127-x. PMID 12647119.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ladislavella elodes | |
| Stagnicola elodes | |
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