Bithynia fuchsiana

Species of gastropod

Bithynia fuchsiana

Live Bithynia fuchsiana

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:  | Truncatelloidea
Family:  | Bithyniidae
Genus:  | Bithynia
Species:  |

B. fuchsiana

Binomial name
Bithynia fuchsiana

(Möllendorff, 1888)

Bithynia fuchsiana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

## Distribution

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Distribution of this species includes:

* southern and eastern China[2][1]
* Taiwan[1]
* the Red River delta, Vietnam[3][1]

## Ecology

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Bithynia fuchsiana inhabits lentic habitats such as lakes, rice fields, ponds and others.[1] It serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Clonorchis sinensis.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Madhyastha, A. (2012). "Bithynia fuchsiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166293A1128252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166293A1128252.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ a b World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
3. ^ Dung, Bui Thi; Madsen, Henry; The, Dang Tat (2010). "Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam". Acta Tropica. 116 (1): 15–23\. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016. PMID 20457118..

Taxon identifiers

Bithynia fuchsiana|

* Wikidata: Q3703349
* CoL: 7QC2V
* GBIF: 6126007
* iNaturalist: 150162
* IUCN: 166293
* Open Tree of Life: 2891892
* WoRMS: 1395900

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