Bithynia fuchsiana

Bithynia fuchsiana
Live Bithynia fuchsiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Species:
B. fuchsiana
Binomial name
Bithynia fuchsiana
(Möllendorff, 1888)

Bithynia fuchsiana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

Ecology

Bithynia fuchsiana inhabits lentic habitats such as lakes, rice fields, ponds and others.[1] It serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Clonorchis sinensis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Madhyastha, A. (2012). "Bithynia fuchsiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166293A1128252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166293A1128252.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
  3. ^ Dung, Bui Thi; Madsen, Henry; The, Dang Tat (2010). "Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam". Acta Tropica. 116 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016. PMID 20457118..


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