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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bithyniidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Truncatelloidea

Genus
  
Parafossarulus

Similar
  
Parafossarulus, Parafossarulus manchouricus, Semisulcospira, Bithynia, Abbottina rivularis

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in Jilin Province, China.

Description

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

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

Parasites

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:

  • trematode Clonorchis sinensis
  • References

    Parafossarulus anomalospiralis Wikipedia