Bithynia funiculata

Bithynia funiculata
	Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia funiculata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. funiculata
Binomial name
	Bithynia funiculata; Walker, 1927
Synonyms
	Bithynia goniomphala Morlet, 1891; Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus; Bithynia siamensis funiculata;

Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Taxonomy

Previously (for example WHO 1995)^[2] considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.^[1]

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

Thailand^[1]

Ecology

Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis^[1]
This species transfers echinostomiasis.^[1]
Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Richter, K.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Bithynia funiculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184937A1767230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184937A1767230.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Richter, K.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Bithynia funiculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184937A1767230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184937A1767230.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[WHO_1995-2] 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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