Parafossarulus manchouricus

Parafossarulus manchouricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Parafossarulus
Species: P. manchouricus
Binomial name
Parafossarulus manchouricus
Bourguignat
Synonyms[1]

Parafossarulus striatulus

Parafossarulus manchouricus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

It is medically important as host for Clonorchis sinensis in East Asia.

Haploid chromosome number of Parafossarulus manchouricus is n=17.[2][3]

Contents

Subspecies

Distribution

Japan (Honshū, Kyushu and Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan[4] and China.[5]

Biotope

Parafossarulus manchouricus lives in shallow ponds and in the irrigation channels.[6]

Parasites

Parafossarulus manchouricus a first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis.[7]

References

  1. ^ World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125-126.
  2. ^ Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (January) 2006. Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata). Arab J. Biotech., Vol. 9, No. (1) Jan. (2006): 17-26.
  3. ^ Park G. M. 1994. Cytotaxonomic studies of freshwater Gastropods in Korea. Malacol. Review, 27: 23-41.
  4. ^ Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus (Pilsbry, 1901). Bishogai Database, Last modified on 2006/03/23 , accessed 1 April 2009
  5. ^ Clonorchiasis. Image Library, accessed 1 April 2009
  6. ^ Cho HC, Chung PR, Lee KT (December 1983). "[Distribution Of Medically Important Freshwater Snails And Larval Trematodes From Parafossarulus Manchouricus And Semisulcospira Libertina Around The Jinyang Lake In Kyongsang-Nam-Do, Korea]". Kisaengch'unghak Chapchi 21 (2): 193–204. doi:10.3347/kjp.1983.21.2.193. PMID 12902649. 
  7. ^ Clonorchis sinensis. Web Atlas of Medical Pathology, accessed 1 April 2009

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