Parafossarulus anomalospiralis

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

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Bithyniidae
Genus:
Parafossarulus
Species:
P. anomalospiralis
Binomial name
Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
Liu, Li & Liu, 1985[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Jilin Province,[2] China.

Description

The shell has four whorls.[2] The suture is deep.[2] The width of the shell is 9.0-9.5 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 15.0-18.0 mm.[2]

Reproductive system and radula was described by Liu et al. (1985).[2]

Parasites

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:

References
  1. IUCN (2015). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 December 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
  4. 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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