Freshwater snails in Misan water bodies southern Iraq
Author(s):
Rehal J Husain and Sabeeh H AL-Mayah
Abstract:
This study was conducted to determine the types of freshwater snails in the bodies of water of the Tigris river passing through Misan Governorate in southern Iraq. Samples were collected monthly from four study stations from the north, east, west and south of Misan Governorate: (Kamit, Al-Musharrah, Al-Salam and Qal’at Saleh) in order to collect the largest number of snail species in The main and secondary water bodies of the Tigris river passing through the governorate during the study period that extended from March 2022 to February 28, 2023. 5,109 shells were collected from the four stations belonging to nine species: Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) [44], Physa acuta (Draparnaud, 1801) [45], Gyraulus huwaizahensis (Gloer and Naser, 2007) [23], Melanoides tuberculate (Muller, 1774) [51] , Melanopsis buccinodea (Olivier, 1801) [29], M. costata (Olivier, 1804) [29], M. nodosa (Russac, 1804) Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) [46]. And Thedoxus jordani (Sowerby, 1836) [47] the highest presence of Melanopsis spp. snails was recorded. It amounted to 2166 individuals, and the minimum presence of G. huwaizahensis snails amounted to 12 individuals during the study period.
