Bithynia longicornis
| Bithynia longicornis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not listed in IUCN Red List[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. longicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia longicornis Benson | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Alocinma longicornis | |
Bithynia longicornis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
Ecology
Bithynia longicornis is the first intermediate host for:
- trematode Clonorchis sinensis[2]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 December 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.