Oncomelania

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iOncomelania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Bulimidae
Genus: Oncomelania
Species

Oncomelania hupensis
Oncomelania nosophora

Oncomelania is a genus of snail. Various species of Oncomelania are involved in the life cycle of the schistosomiasis blood fluke parasite and the paragonimus lung fluke parasites.

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