Parafossarulus striatulus

Parafossarulus striatulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Parafossarulus
Species:	P. striatulus
Binomial name
Parafossarulus striatulus (Benson, 1842) [1]
Synonyms
Paludina striatulaBenson, 1842

Parafossarulus striatulus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. ^[2]

Parafossarulus striatulus is the type species of the genus Parafossarulus.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• northern Vietnam, ^[3]
• Shandong Province, ^[4] Hunan province ^[5] in China.

Parasites

Parafossarulus striatulus is a host for:

• Clonorchis sinensis ^[6]
• Metorchis orientalis ^[7]
• Echinochasmus japonicus ^[8]

Parafossarulus striatulus serves as the first intermediate host for trematode Holostephanus sp. 2 and for Pleurogenidae gen. sp. 2. ^[3]

References

1. Benson W. H. (1842). Mollusca. In: Cantor Th. "General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 486-489. page 488.
2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Parafossarulus striatulus (Benson, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758824 on 2014-11-19
3. Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H. D., Ha N. V., Hung N. M., Rozhkovan K. V. & Ermolenko A. V. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190-204. PDF Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine .
4. (in Chinese) Guo Y. H., Li N., Hu L., Zhang Y. & Zhou X. N. (2013). "[The species and ecological distribution of medical mollusca in Weifang, Shandong Province]". Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi31(3):201-205. PMID   24812858.
5. (in Chinese) Li L. H., Zhou Y. B., Zheng S. B., Wu J. Y., Song X. X., He Z., You J. B., Cai B., Zhao G. M. & Jiang Q. W. (2014). "[Distribution of univalvia molluscs in area with natural decline of Oncomelania hupensis snails in Eastern Dongting Lake area]". Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi26(1): 22-26, 31. PMID   24800560.
6. (in Chinese) Liang C., Hu X. C., Lv Z. Y., Wu Z. D., Yu X. B., Xu J. & Zheng H. Q. (2009). "[Experimental establishment of life cycle of Clonorchis sinensis]". Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi27(2): 148-150. PMID   19856506.
7. (in Chinese) Zhu Y. X., Sun E. T., Li C. P. & Qin Z. H. (2006). "[Survey on natural nidus of Metorchis orientalis in Huaihe River Basin]". Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi24(1): 74-75. PMID   16866154.
8. (in Chinese) Chen Y., Lin J. & Fang Y. (1990). "[Ecological studies on the cercariae of Echinochasmus japonicus]". Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi8(1): 26-28. PMID   2364501.

External links

• Laidlaw F. F. (). "A note on the occurrence of Parafossarulus striatulus (Bens.) in the Malya Peninsula". PDF. p. 133.
• (in Chinese) Zhao W. H., Wang H. J., Wang H. Z. & Liu X. Q. (2009). "[Conversion methods of freshwater snail tissue dry mass and ash free dry mass]". Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao20(6): 1452-1458. PMID   19795658.