Gyraulus convexiusculus

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Gyraulus convexiusculus
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Gyraulus convexiusculus shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Gyraulus
Species:
G. convexiusculus
Binomial name
Gyraulus convexiusculus
(Hutton, 1849)
Synonyms [1]

Planorbis convexiusculus Hutton, 1849

Gyraulus convexiusculus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

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Distribution

Distribution of Gyraulus convexiusculus includes Sistan and Baluchestan Province and Yazd Province in Iran, [2] Afghanistan, [2] Thailand, [2] Nepal, [3] South Korea, [4] Vietnam. [5]

Ecology

Predators of include larvae of Luciola substriata . [6]

Gyraulus convexiusculus is the known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum . [7]

Gyraulus convexiusculus is a potential first and second intermediate host of Echinostoma cinetorchis in Korea, based on laboratory work. [8]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [9]

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References

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