Radix luteola
| Radix luteola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Radix |
| Species: | R. luteola |
| Binomial name | |
| Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Lymnaea luteola Lamarck, 1822 | |
Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.
Placement of this species within the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010).[2]
There exist two forms of this species:[1]
- Radix luteola f. australis
- Radix luteola f. ovalis
Distribution
Radix luteola is a widespread species in south Asia and southeast Asia.[1]
Parasites
Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes:
- Schistosoma nasale[3][1]
- Schistosoma indicum[3][1]
- Schistosoma spindale[1]
- Schistosoma suis[1]
- Schistosoma incognitum[1]
- Fasciola gigantica[1]
- Fasciola hepatica[1]
- Clinostomum giganticum[1]
- Echinostoma revolutum[1]
- Orientobilharzia dattae[1]
- Echinoparyphium bugulai[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Madhyastha A., Dutta J. & Daniel B. A. (2010). Lymnaea luteola. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 April 2011.
- ↑ Correa C. A., Escobar J. S., Durand P., Renaud F., David P., Jarne P., Pointier J.-P. & Hurtrez-Boussès S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 381. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-381.
- 1 2 Liu L. et al. (2010) "The phylogeography of Indoplanorbis exustus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Asia". Parasites & Vectors 3: 57. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-57.
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