Bithynia longicornis
Bithynia longicornis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
| Bithynia longicornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. longicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia longicornis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alocinma longicornis | |
Ecology
Bithynia longicornis is the first intermediate host for:
- trematode Clonorchis sinensis[1]
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References
- World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
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