Parafossarulus anomalospiralis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bithyniidae |
Genus: | Parafossarulus |
Species: | P. anomalospiralis
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Binomial name | |
Parafossarulus anomalospiralis Liu, Li & Liu, 1985[1]
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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Jilin Province,[1] China.
Description
[edit]The shell has four whorls.[1] The suture is deep.[1] The width of the shell is 9.0–9.5 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 15.0–18.0 mm.[1]
Reproductive system and radula was described by Liu et al. (1985).[1]
Parasites
[edit]Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:
- trematode Clonorchis sinensis[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Liu Y.-Y., Li B.-Z. & Liu T.-C. (1985). "A new species and a new Chinese record of hydrobiid snails". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 10(1): 21-23. abstract.
- ^ World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
- ^ Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.