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Radix rubiginosa

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Species of gastropod

Radix rubiginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Radix
Species: R. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Radix rubiginosa
(Michelin, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Lymnaea rubiginosa Michelin, 1831
  • Lymnaea auricularia rubiginosa
  • Radix auricularia rubiginosa

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

This species occurs in its native range in:

  • Indo-China
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam - it was firstly identified in Vietnam in 2013 in southern Vietnam.

It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Radix rubiginosa.

The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.

The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.

The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.

Habitat

This species inhabits small canals.

Parasites

Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:

Human use

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

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Taxon identifiers
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