Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Ear Pondsnail)

Interactions where Radix auricularia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by furcocercaria Questionable Cotylurus cornutus a fluke Diplostomida: Strigeidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Strigeidae/Cotylurus cornutus/Cotylurus cornutusa flukefurcocercaria Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Lymnaeidae/Radix auricularia/Radix auriculariaear pondsnail? furcocercaria endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Radix auricularia (Ear Pondsnail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRadix auricularia (Ear Pondsnail)
GenusRadix (a genus of molluscs)
SubfamilyAMPHIPEPLEINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
FamilyLYMNAEIDAE (pond snails)
SuperfamilyLYMNAEOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SubterclassTectipleura (a subterclass of molluscs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Radix auricularia (Ear Pondsnail)

Radix auricularia (Ear Pondsnail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boer, M.G.de, Stift, M. & Michel, E. 2004 Two new highly polymorphic microsatellite loci and inadvertent minisatellite loci for Lymnaea auricularia J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 70: 95-96.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Radix auricularia (Ear Pondsnail):

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