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Theodoxus major

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Theodoxus major is a species in the family Neritidae, order Cycloneritida.

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Quick facts about Theodoxus major

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Theodoxus major live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Theodoxus major as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Moldova

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Theodoxus major endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Theodoxus major classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderCycloneritida
  5. familyNeritidae
  6. genusTheodoxus
  7. SpeciesTheodoxus major Issel, 1865

Synonyms Neritina liturata, Neritina pallasi, Neritina pallasi var. aralensis, Neritina schultzei, Neritina schultzii, Theodoxus astrachanicus, Theodoxus lituratus, Theodoxus pallasi, Theodoxus pallasi var. aralensis, Theodoxus pallasi var. nalivkini, Theodoxus schirazensis var. major, Theodoxus schultzi, Theodoxus schultzi var. jukovi, Theodoxus schultzii, Theodoxus zhukovi, Theodoxus zhukovi payvandi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Лунка ПалласаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Theodoxus major

Other species in the same genus Theodoxus.

The nerite

Theodoxus fluviatilis

NeritidaeNo free photo yet

Black nerite

Theodoxus prevostianus

NeritidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Theodoxus major an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Theodoxus major as introduced in 1 country: Moldova, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Theodoxus major?

Theodoxus major (Theodoxus major) belongs to the family Neritidae in the order Cycloneritida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Theodoxus major (Theodoxus major). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/theodoxus-major

MLA

“Theodoxus major (Theodoxus major).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/theodoxus-major.

BibTeX
@misc{theodoxus_major_2026,
  title = {Theodoxus major (Theodoxus major)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/theodoxus-major},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}