Juga plicifera

Juga plicifera, common name pleated juga,[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Juga plicifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Semisulcospiridae
Genus:
Juga
Species:
J. plicifera
Binomial name
Juga plicifera
(I. Lea, 1838)
Synonyms[1]

Goniobasis plicifera
Oxytrema silicula (Gould)

Distribution

Distribution of Juga plicifera include Oregon and Washington, USA.[2]

Ecology

Juga plicifera serves as an intermediate host for Nanophyetus salmincola.[1]

References
  1. Adams A. M. (2006). Foodborne trematodes. In: Ortega I. R. (ed.) (2006). Foodborne parasites. ISBN 0-387-30068-6. page 178.
  2. "Juga plicifera (I. Lea, 1838)". NatureServe Explorer, accessed 26 February 2013.


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