Parafossarulus striatulus

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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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.

Parafossarulus striatulus is the type species of the genus Parafossarulus.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

northern Vietnam,

Shandong Province, Hunan province in China.

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.

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