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Parafossarulus striatulus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bithyniidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Truncatelloidea

Genus
  
Parafossarulus

Similar
  
Parafossarulus, Bithynia fuchsiana, Parafossarulus manchouricus, Bithyniidae, Stenothyra

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

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Parafossarulus striatulus is the type species of the genus Parafossarulus.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

  • northern Vietnam,
  • Shandong Province, Hunan province in China.
  • Parasites

    Parafossarulus striatulus is a host for:

  • Clonorchis sinensis
  • Metorchis orientalis
  • Echinochasmus japonicus
  • Parafossarulus striatulus serves as the first intermediate host for trematode Holostephanus sp. 2 and for Pleurogenidae gen. sp. 2.

    References

    Parafossarulus striatulus Wikipedia