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Tarebia granifera,   (Lamarck, 1822)

Family: Thiaridae Troschel, 1857

Genus: Tarebia H. & A. Adams, 1854

Species: Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)

Description:

Shell:   the surface structure is variable, as are length and width.

 - in the aquarium up to about 2.5 cm long and up to 1.3 cm wide/ 7 whorls, moderately globose, the suture seems to be overlapping, the body whorl is a little larger. The aperture is wider than high. Spiralling beige or dark brown bands with little bumps.

Operculum paucispiral ,  closes the shell off entirely.

Body: dark grey with light speckles, the eyes are located at the bases of the thin tentacles.

Due to aquaristics, it has settled in most parts of the earth and shows very variable colorations a

Range:

 Indonesia, Indo-Pacific, Sunda Islands ,Japan.

 Was brought to Florida (Lachner et.al., 1970; Dundee, 1974), Texas, USA as well as Central and South America (Jacobson, 1978; Chaniotis et.al. , 1980; Chaniotis et.al. , 1980).

Habitat:

- quick-flowing freshwater rivers, brackish waters, in small ponds, large puddles, shallow brooks with gravel substrate and waterfalls.

Reproduction:

-dioecious

- parthenogenetic,

 - viviparous.

After about 3 months, with a relative size of 6 mm, they reach adulthood.

Food:

- algae

- rotting plant parts, carrion and diatoms.

In the aquarium it takes any kind of food tablet.

Behavior:

- burrower

Parasites:

In nature it is assumed to be an alternate host for various cercaria, whose final host are mammals and, among these, humans.

Weblinks:

Sys Tax

[ Systematics and location ]

Fisheries commision

http://nis.gsmfc.org/nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=163

[ General information, locations and much more

Überträger der Columnella

http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/993/4956.pdf

[ Variation of snail’s abundance in two water bodies harboring
strains of Pseudosuccinea columella

University of Chicago Press

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/press/120206_1_AN.html

[ Freshwater snails are surprisingly fast-moving invaders ]

MULTIPLE ORIGIN OF VIVIPARITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN GASTROPODS

http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/frank.koehler/koehler%20et%20al.%20Evolution.pdf

[ Evolutionary information ]

This page was actualized on August 31, 2008

Author: Alexandra Behrendt

Translator: Ulrike Bauer

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