Mexithauma

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mexithauma quadripaludium shell.png | image_caption = Lateral view of a damaged shell of ''Mexithauma quadripaludium'' | genus = Mexithauma | parent_authority = D. W. Taylor, 1966 | species = quadripaludium | authority = D. W. Taylor, 1966 }}

'''''Mexithauma quadripaludium''''' is a species of freshwater snail,<ref name="Chaves-Campos 2011">Chaves-Campos J., Johnson S. G. & Hulsey C. D. (2011). "Spatial Geographic Mosaic in an Aquatic Predator-Prey Network". ''PLoS ONE'' '''6'''(7): e22472. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0022472|doi-access=free}}.</ref> an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae.<ref name="Chaves-Campos 2011"/> It is the only species in the genus '''''Mexithauma'''''.<ref>{{cite WoRMS |year=2026 |title=''Mexithauma'' D. W. Taylor, 1966 |id=1057282 |access-date=7 March 2026 |db=MolluscaBase}}</ref>

== Distribution == This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico.<ref name="Chaves-Campos 2011"/>

== Ecology == Predators of ''Mexithauma quadripaludium'' include the cichlid fish ''Herichthys minckleyi''.<ref name="Chaves-Campos 2011"/>

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Category:Cochliopidae Category:Monotypic gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Dwight Willard Taylor Category:Taxa described in 1966