Oncomelania hupensis

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iOncomelania hupensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Oncomelania
Species: O. hupensis
Binomial name
Oncomelania hupensis


Oncomelania hupensis is a snail, and an important vectors of parasitic infection in the tropics and sub-tropics. Schistosoma blood flukes and Paragonimus lung flukes use O. hupensis as a host during part of their normal life cycle.

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