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Bithynia funiculata

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Digoniostoma

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Bithynia funiculata

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Bithynia, Bithynia siamensis, Hydrobioides nassa, Wattebledia crosseana, Bithyniidae

Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

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Taxonomy

Previously (for example WHO 1995) considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

  • Thailand
  • Ecology

    Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

  • The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis
  • This species transfers echinostomiasis.
  • Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.
  • References

    Bithynia funiculata Wikipedia


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