Bithynia funiculata

Bithynia funiculata
Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia funiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Subgenus: Digoniostoma[1]
Species: B. funiculata
Binomial name
Bithynia funiculata
Walker, 1927
Synonyms[1]

Bithynia goniomphala Morlet, 1891
Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus
Bithynia siamensis funiculata

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:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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