Biology:Bithynia misella

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bithynia misella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Species:
B. misella
Binomial name
Bithynia misella
(Gredler, 1884)
Synonyms[1]

Gabbia misella Gredler, 1884

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

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

  • southeastern and eastern China[2][1]
  • Korea[1]
  • Taiwan[1]
  • Bến Tre Province, Vietnam[1]

Ecology

Bithynia misella inhabits slow-moving waters such as pools, ponds and paddy fields.[1]

Bithynia misella is the first intermediate host for:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Madhyastha, A. (2012). "Bithynia misella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T166248A1122143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166248A1122143.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166248/1122143. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. 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 ☰ Q4918875 entry