Parafossarulus manchouricus
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Parafossarulus manchouricus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
This species is medically important as a host for the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis in East Asia.
Subspecies
- Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus (Pilsbry, 1901)
Description
The shell has 5.5 whorls.[1] The width of the shell is 6 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 10 mm.[1]
The haploid chromosome number of Parafossarulus manchouricus is n=17.[2][3]
Distribution
This species occurs in: Russia (Amur River basin),[4] Japan (Honshū, Kyushu and Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan[5] and China.[6]
The type locality is the Amur River and other rivers in the southern Siberia ("le fleuve Amour et divers cours d'eau de la Sibérie méridionale").[1]
Habitat
Parafossarulus manchouricus lives in shallow ponds and in irrigation channels.[7]
Parasites
This species is a first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis.[8]
References
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- ↑ Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF Script error: No such module "webarchive"..
- ↑ Park G. M. (1994). "Cytotaxonomic studies of freshwater Gastropods in Korea". Malacol. Review 27: 23-41.
- ↑ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
- ↑ "Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus (Pilsbry, 1901)" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Bishogai Database, Last modified on 2006/03/23, accessed 1 April 2009
- ↑ Clonorchiasis Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Image Library, accessed 1 April 2009.
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- ↑ Clonorchis sinensis Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Web Atlas of Medical Pathology, accessed 1 April 2009.
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Further reading
- Kim C. H. "Study on some differences between Bithynia misella and Parafossarulus manchouricus". Korean Journal of Parasitology.
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