''Semisulcospira reiniana'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 an
operculum, an aquatic
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the family
Semisulcospiridae
Semisulcospiridae, common name semisulcospirids, is a family of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks with an operculum, in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Semisulcospiridae J. P. E. Morri ...
.
Taxonomy
''Semisulcospira reiniana'' belong to the ''
Semisulcospira libertina''
species complex.
[Davis G. M. (1969). "A taxonomic study of some species of ''Semisulcospira'' in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)". '' Malacologia'' 7]
211
294.
Distribution
This species occurs in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
Parasites
Parasites of ''Semisulcospira reiniana'' include:
*
Heterophyidae
Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Description: " Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suc ...
: ''Semisulcospira reiniana'' serves as the first intermediate host for ''
Metagonimus yokogawai''.
[Shimazu T. & Kino H. (2015). "''Metagonimus yokogawai'' (Trematoda: Heterophyidae): From Discovery to Designation of a Neotype". '' The Korean Journal of Parasitology'' 53(5), 627–639. .]
References
External links
Semisulcospiridae
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