| Tauphaedusa tau | |
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| Tauphaedusa tau | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Tribe: | Phaedusini |
| Genus: | Tauphaedusa |
| Species: | T. tau |
| Binomial name | |
| Tauphaedusa tau (O. Boettger, 1877) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tauphaedusa tau is a species of land snail belonging to the subfamily Phaedusinae of the family Clausiliidae. [1] The species was first described in 1877 by Oskar Boettger as Clausilia tau. [1] [2]
It is viviparous. [3]
It is found in Japan, China and Taiwan. [4]
In Japan, these snails are known to host Riccardoella mites in their lungs, [5] and they also host trematodes of the family, Dicrocoeliidae. [6] In Hawaii, they have been found to host Angiostrongylus cantonensis , a parasite which if transferred to humans can lead to eosinophilic meningitis, causing neurological damage, and possibly death. [7]
