Juga plicifera

Juga plicifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Semisulcospiridae
Genus:	Juga
Species:	J. plicifera
Binomial name
	Juga plicifera; (I. Lea, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
	Goniobasis plicifera; Oxytrema silicula (Gould)

Juga plicifera, common name pleated juga,[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Distribution

Distribution of Juga plicifera include Oregon and Washington, USA.[2]

Juga plicifera serves as an intermediate host for Nanophyetus salmincola.[1]

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