Filopaludina javanica

Filopaludina javanica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Filopaludina
Species:	F. javanica
Binomial name
Filopaludina javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) [2]
Synonyms [1] [3]
Vivipara javanica von dem Busch, 1844 Bellamya javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) Vivipara costata Quoy & Gimard, 1830-1835 Vivipara gratiosa Martens, 1897 Idiopoma javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) Siamopaludina javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)

Filopaludina javanica or Idiopoma javanica ^[1] is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Subspecies

There are recognized two subspecies: ^[1]

• Filopaludina javanica javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)
• Filopaludina javanica continentalis or Idiopoma javanica continentalis Brandt, 1974 ^[1]

Distribution map of Filopaludina javanica

Distribution

This species is found in Thailand, ^[4] Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Java). ^[1]

Description

The height of the shell is 30–35 mm. ^[5]

Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Filopaludina javanica from its type description.

An abapertural view.

A juvenile shell.

Ecology

This species inhabits ponds, rice fields and irrigation channels. ^[1]

Parasites of Filopaludina javanica include Echinostoma echinatum ^{[6] [7]} (see also Beaver et al. 1984). ^[8]

Human use

A dish of boiled Filopaludina javanica from West Java.

Filopaludina javanica is prepared by boiling and it used often as part of the cuisine of Java. ^[9]

References

1. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Idiopoma javanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 September 2014.
2. (in German) Philippi R. A. (1845) Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. (3): page 114-115, table 1, figure 11-12.
3. Marwoto R. M. & Nurinsiyah A. S. (2009)?. "A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF FRESHWATER SNAIL VIVIPARIDAE IN INDONESIA: STUDY ON MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENUS FILOPALUDINA HABE, 1964 (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA, VIVIPARIDAE)". Poster. PDF.
4. Kittivorachate R. & Yangyuen C. (2004). "Molluscs in the Ubolratana Reservoir, Khon Kaen". Kasetsart Journal (Nat. Sci.) 38: 131-139. PDF Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine .
5. (in German) Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp. 97-430, plates 15-77. page 251-, table 5, fig. 7-10. table 52, fig. 1-7.
6. Fried B. & Toledo R. (2009). The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community. Springer Science & Business Media, 344 pp., page 162.
7. Murrell K. D. & Fried B. (2007). Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites. Springer Science & Business Media, 442 pp., page 59.
8. Beaver P. C., Jung R. C. & Cupp E. W. (1984). Clinical Parasitology 9th Edition. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia.
9. Sulianti A. (2008). "Cooking Echinostoma-infected Bellamya javanica for safe consumption". Proceedings of the Third ASEAN Congress of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (ACTMP3). The Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 22–23 May 2008. Parasites: a hidden threat to global health 2009 pp. 28-32. abstract.

External links

• van Benthem Jutting W. S. S. (1956). "Systematic Studies On The Non-Marine Mollusca Of The Indo-Australian Archipelago. Critical Revision of The Javanese Freshwater Gastropods". Treubia 23(2): 259-477.
• (in German) Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata in Abbildungen nach dem Natur". Systematisches Conchylien-cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. H. v. Schubert und Professor J. A. Wagner. Verlag von Bauer und Raspe, Nürnberk. 96 pp. 24-25, tab. 5, fig. 7-10.