Bithynia funiculata
| Bithynia funiculata | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia funiculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Subgenus: | Digoniostoma[1] |
| Species: | B. funiculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia funiculata Walker, 1927 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bithynia goniomphala Morlet, 1891 | |
Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Taxonomy
Previously (for example WHO 1995)[2] considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.[1]
Distribution
Distribution of this species includes:
Ecology
Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:
- The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis[1]
- This species transfers echinostomiasis.[1]
- Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Richter K. & Simonis J. (2012). "Bithynia funiculata". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 December 2012.
- 1 2 World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
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