Parafossarulus manchouricus

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Parafossarulus manchouricus
Parafossarulus manchouricus shell.png
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Parafossarulus manchouricus.
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Bithyniidae
Genus:
Parafossarulus
Species:
P. manchouricus
Binomial name
Parafossarulus manchouricus
( in Bourguignat, 1860)[2]
Synonyms[3]

Bythinia manchourica Gerstfeldt – Bourguignat, 1860

Parafossarulus manchouricus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

This species is medically important as a host for the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis in East Asia.

Subspecies[]

  • Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus (Pilsbry, 1901)

Description[]

The shell has 5.5 whorls.[2] The width of the shell is 6 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 10 mm.[2]

The haploid chromosome number of Parafossarulus manchouricus is n=17.[4][5]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in: Russia (Amur River basin),[6] Japan (Honshū, Kyushu and Shikoku), Korea, Taiwan[7] and China.[8]

The type locality is the Amur River and other rivers in the southern Siberia ("le fleuve Amour et divers cours d'eau de la Sibérie méridionale").[2]

Habitat[]

Parafossarulus manchouricus lives in shallow ponds and in irrigation channels.[9]

Parasites[]

This species is a first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ IUCN (2013). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Catalogue des mollusques de la famille des paludinées recueillis jusqu'à ce jour en Sibérie et sur la territoire de l'Amour". , série 2, 12: 531-537. page 535, plate 24, figs. 11-13.
  3. ^ World Health Organization (1995). "Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection". WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125-126.
  4. ^ Amany A. Tohamy & Shaimaa M. Mohamed (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". 9(1): 17-26. PDF Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Park G. M. (1994). "Cytotaxonomic studies of freshwater Gastropods in Korea". 27: 23-41.
  6. ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
  7. ^ "Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus (Pilsbry, 1901)" Archived 2011-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Bishogai Database, Last modified on 2006/03/23 , accessed 1 April 2009
  8. ^ Clonorchiasis Archived 2013-03-12 at the Wayback Machine. Image Library, accessed 1 April 2009.
  9. ^ Cho H. C.; Chung P. R.; Lee K. T. (December 1983). "[Distribution Of Medically Important Freshwater Snails And Larval Trematodes From Parafossarulus manchouricus And Semisulcospira libertina Around The Jinyang Lake In Kyongsang-Nam-Do, Korea]". Kisaengch'unghak Chapchi (in Korean). 21 (2): 193–204. doi:10.3347/kjp.1983.21.2.193. PMID 12902649.
  10. ^ Clonorchis sinensis Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Web Atlas of Medical Pathology, accessed 1 April 2009.

Further reading[]

  • Kim C. H. "Study on some differences between Bithynia misella and Parafossarulus manchouricus". Korean Journal of Parasitology.
  • Chun S. K. (June 1964). "[Studies on Parafossarulus manchouricus Bourguigant in Korea]". Kisaengch'unghak Chapchi. 2 (1): 27–34. doi:10.3347/kjp.1964.2.1.27. PMID 12913606.


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