Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
| Parafossarulus anomalospiralis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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