Bithynia siamensis | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia siamensis siamensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Bithyniidae |
Genus: | Bithynia |
Species: | B. siamensis |
Binomial name | |
Bithynia siamensis Lea, 1856 | |
Bithynia siamensis is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
WHO (1995) [2] recognized the following subspecies:
Bithynia siamensis and Bithynia funiculata (synonym: Bithynia goniomphala) were recognized as separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List. [1] [3]
This species occurs in:
The population of Bithynia siamensis fluctuates during the year. [4]
Bithynia siamensis serves as a first intermediate host for Southeast Asian liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini . [2] The number of excretory cells of the digestive system is increased in infected Bithynia siamensis. [5]
Parasites of Bithynia siamensis include trematode Multicotyle purvisi . [6]