Bithynia longicornis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Bithynia longicornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bithyniidae |
Genus: | Bithynia |
Species: | B. longicornis
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Binomial name | |
Bithynia longicornis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Alocinma longicornis |
Distribution
editThe distribution of this species includes:
Ecology
editBithynia longicornis is the first intermediate host for:
- trematode Clonorchis sinensis[1]
References
edit- ^ Jump up to: a b c World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.