- Source: Radix rubiginosa
Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.
Distribution
This species occurs in its native range in:
Indo-China
Indonesia
Vietnam - it was firstly identified in Vietnam in 2013 in southern Vietnam.
It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:
Great Britain
Ireland
Description
The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.
The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.
Habitat
This species inhabits small canals.
Parasites
Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:
Radix rubiginosa is the first intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideum
Fasciola gigantica
Echninoparyphium dunni and Echinostoma audyi
Pleurolophocercous cercariae (Heterophyidae) were recorded from Radix rubiginosa in China.
Human use
This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.
References
External links
ZipcodeZooinfo: [1]
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Onga jawa
- Daftar spesies Demospongiae
- Radix rubiginosa
- Radix (gastropod)
- Hypoderaeum conoideum
- Fasciola hepatica
- Lymnaeidae
- Fasciola gigantica
- Radix natalensis
- Lymnaea
- List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam
- List of non-marine molluscs of Ireland
