Biology:Filopaludina bengalensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Filopaludina bengalensis
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Filopaludina bengalensis shells
Scientific classification
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F. bengalensis
Binomial name
Filopaludina bengalensis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[2]

Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909)
Bellamya bengalensis f. mandiensis (Kobelt, 1909)
Paludina bengalensis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)
Vivipara bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Distribution

This species is found in Iran, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh.

Ecology

Parasites of Filopaludina bengalensis include trematode Lissemysia ocellata and Lissemysia ovata.[3]

Human use

It is used as a food source for humans.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Budha, P.B., Dutta, J. & Daniel, B.A. 2010. Bellamya bengalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166706A6265508. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166706A6265508.en. Downloaded on 20 November 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2017). Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827331 on 2017-11-20
  3. Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World" (in en). Zootaxa 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098. 

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