''Radix rubiginosa'' is a

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of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the

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Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superf ...

, the pond snails. This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of ''

Radix auricularia ''Radix auricularia'', the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Neubauer, Thomas A.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) ...

''.

Distribution

This species occurs in its native range in: * Indo-China * Indonesia *

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- it was firstly identified in Vietnam in 2013 in southern Vietnam.Dung B. T., Doanh P. N., The D. T., Loan H. T., Losson B. & Caron Y. (2013). "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Lymnaeid Snails and Their Potential Role in Transmission of ''Fasciola'' spp. in Vietnam". '' Korean Journal of Parasitology'' 51(6): 657-662. . It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in: *

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Description

The shape of the

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is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5

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. The

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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 ''Fasciola gigantica'' is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, which causes tropical fascioliasis. It is regarded as one of the most important single platyhelminth infections of ruminants in Asia and Africa. Estimates of infection rates ...

'' * '' Echninoparyphium dunni'' and '' Echinostoma audyi'' * Pleurolophocercous cercariae ( Heterophyidae) were recorded from ''Radix rubiginosa'' in China.Chontananarth T. & Wongsawad C. (2013). "Epidemiology of cercarial stage of trematodes in freshwater snails from Chiang Mai province, Thailand". '' Asian Pac J Trop Biomed.'' 3(3): 237-243. .

Human use

This species is sold in the ornamental

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as an item for freshwater aquaria.Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". ''PLoS ONE'' 11(8): e0161130.

References

External links

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7281407 Lymnaeidae Gastropods described in 1831