Biology:Bithynia funiculata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Bithynia funiculata | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia funiculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | [[Biology:|Rissooidea]] |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. funiculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia funiculata Walker, 1927
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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:
- Thailand[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richter, K.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Bithynia funiculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T184937A1767230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184937A1767230.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/184937/1767230. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
Wikidata ☰ Q5388575 entry
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