Radix rubiginosa
| Radix rubiginosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Radix |
| Species: | R. rubiginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Radix rubiginosa (Michelin, 1831)
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Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in its native range in:
It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:
Description
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The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical.[1] The shell has 5 whorls.[1]
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.[1]
The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.[1]
Habitat
[edit]This species inhabits small canals.[1]
Parasites
[edit]Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:
- Radix rubiginosa is the first intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideum[2]
- Fasciola gigantica[3]
- Echninoparyphium dunni and Echinostoma audyi[4]
- Pleurolophocercous cercariae (Heterophyidae) were recorded from Radix rubiginosa in China.[5]
Human use
[edit]This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Dung B. T., Doanh P. N., The D. T., Loan H. T., Losson B. & Caron Y. (2013). "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Lymnaeid Snails and Their Potential Role in Transmission of Fasciola spp. in Vietnam". Korean Journal of Parasitology 51(6): 657-662. doi:10.3347/kjp.2013.51.6.657.
- ^ Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69–S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
- ^ Robinson M. W. & Dalton J. P. (2009). "Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364(1530): 2763-2776. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0089.
- ^ Toguebaye B. S.,Quilichini Y., Diagne P. M. & Marchand B. (2014). "Ultrastructure and development of Nosema podocotyloidis n. sp. (Microsporidia), a hyperparasite of Podocotyloides magnatestis (Trematoda), a parasite of Parapristipoma octolineatum (Teleostei)". Parasite 21: 44. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014044.
- ^ Chontananarth T. & Wongsawad C. (2013). "Epidemiology of cercarial stage of trematodes in freshwater snails from Chiang Mai province, Thailand". Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 3(3): 237-243. doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60058-1.
- ^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
External links
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