''Parafossarulus spiridonovi'' is a
species of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
with
gills and an
operculum, an
aquatic prosobranch gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
.
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
''spiridonovi'' is apparently in honour of Croatian malacologist
Spiridon Brusina.
Distribution
The
type locality of this species is near the village of
Kirovo, in the basin of the
Bidzan River in
Jewish Autonomous Oblast,
Khabarovsky District
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, Russia.
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The species is also found in the Illistaya River and the Arsenjevka river ( Primorsky Krai).[Besprozvannykh V. (2010). "Life Cycle of the Trematode ''Notocotylus intestinalis'' (Digenea, Notocutylidae) under Natural Conditions in Primorye Region (Russia)". '']Vestnik Zoologii Vestnik (russian: вестник) or vesnik ( mk, весник) means ''messenger'' or ''herald'' in several Slavic languages, and is used as a generic name in various news publications. It may refer to
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Parasites
''Parafossarulus spiridonovi'' serves as the first intermediate host
In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist ''guest'' (symbiont). The guest is typically provided with nourishment and shelter. Examples include a ...
for the trematode '' Notocotylus intestinalis'' (natural infection).[Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H. D., Ha N. V., Hung N. M., Rozhkovan K. V. & Ermolenko A. V. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, ''Bithynia fuchsiana'' (Morelet), ''Parafossarulus striatulus'' Benson and ''Melanoides tuberculata'' Müller, in North Vietnam". '' Helminthologia'' 50(3): 190-204]
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References
Bithyniidae
Gastropods described in 1989
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