Angulyagra polyzonata

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Angulyagra polyzonata
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Angulyagra polyzonata shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Angulyagra
Species:
A. polyzonata
Binomial name
Angulyagra polyzonata
(Frauenfeld, 1862)
Synonyms [1]

Sinotaia polyzonata Frauenfeld, 1862
Taia polyzonata (Fravenfeld, 1862)
Vivipara polyzonata Kobelt, 1909
Viviparus polyzonata Kobelt, 1909
Filopaludina polyzonata

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Angulyagra polyzonata is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Distribution

This species is found in southern and southeastern China [1] and in northern Vietnam. [1] [2] It is non-indigenous in Taiwan. [3]

Description

The width of the shell is 11.2–21.4 mm. [4] The height of the shell is 13.8–32.5 mm. [4]

Similar species is Bellamya heudei . [5]

Ecology

Habitat

Angulyagra polyzonata lakes, rivers, creeks and drains. [1] It is a common species in aquaculture ponds. [4]

Parasites and predators

Angulyagra polyzonata is a host of a trematode Multicotyle purvisi . [6]

Predators of Angulyagra polyzonata include the black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus. [4]

Human use

This species is eaten by people and it is used as fish, poultry and livestock raising. [1] It is usually collected from the aquaculture pond when the pond is empty. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sri-aroon, P.; Richter, K. (2012). "Angulyagra polyzonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T166246A1121937. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166246A1121937.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Madsen H. & Hung N. M. (2015). "Reprint of "An overview of freshwater snails in Asia with main focus on Vietnam"". Acta Tropica 141(Part B): 372–384. doi : 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.10.014.
  3. ↑ (in Chinese) 蔡政達(Cheng-Da Tasi), 蘇俊育(Chun-Yu Su) & 邱郁文(Yuh-Wen Chiu) (2009). "臺灣新紀錄外來種：多稜角螺Angulyagra polyzonata (Frauenfeld, 1862)（腹足綱：田螺科）之形態描述與生殖生物學初探. A Morphological Description and Reproductive Biology of Angulyagra polyzonata (Frauenfeld, 1862) (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) as a Snail Newly Recorded Specice to Taiwan". Bulletin of Malacology33(1): 1-14. abstract.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Hung, N. M., Stauffer, J. R., & Madsen, H. (2013). Prey species and size choice of the molluscivorous fish, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus). Journal of freshwater ecology, 28(4), 547-560. doi : 10.1080/02705060.2013.800826.
  5. ↑ Shea, M. (1994). The Chinese viviparid snail Bellamya heudei guangdungensis (Kobelt, 1906) in Australia (Prosobranchia: Viviparidae). Molluscan Research, 15(1), 3-11. doi : 10.1080/13235818.1994.10673652.
  6. ↑ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   25781098. S2CID   11731430.


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