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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis

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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Parafossarulus
Species:
P. anomalospiralis
Binomial name
Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
Liu, Li & Liu, 1985[1]

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Jilin Province,[1] China.

Description

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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

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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
  3. ^ 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.