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Semisulcospira gottschei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Semisulcospiridae

Genus
  
Semisulcospira

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Similar
  
Semisulcospira, Plectrocnemia, Micrasema, Pleuroceridae, Antocha

Semisulcospira gottschei


Semisulcospira gottschei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

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The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.

Koreanische turmdeckelschnecke semisulcospira gottschei


Distribution

This species occurs in the South Korea. The type locality is Han River in Seoul.

Ecology

Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.

References

Semisulcospira gottschei Wikipedia