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Bithynia siamensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Genus
  
Bithynia

Scientific name
  
Bithynia siamensis

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bithyniidae

Subgenus
  
Digoniostoma

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Bithynia, Bithyniidae, Filopaludina, Opisthorchis, Wattebledia crosseana

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

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Subspecies

WHO (1995) recognized the following subspecies:

  • Bithynia siamensis siamensis - synonym: Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus
  • Bithynia siamensis funiculata
  • Bithynia siamensis laevis
  • Bithynia siamensis and Bithynia funiculata (synonym: Bithynia goniomphala) were recognized as separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.

    Distribution

    This species occurs in:

  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • The population of Bithynia siamensis fluctuates during the year.

    Parasites

    Bithynia siamensis serves as a first intermediate host for Southeast Asian liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. The number of excretory cells of the digestive system is increased in infected Bithynia siamensis.

    References

    Bithynia siamensis Wikipedia