''Semisulcospira gottschei'' is a

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with an operculum, an aquatic

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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 ...

. The specific name ''gottschei'' is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.

Distribution

This species occurs in the

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. Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". '' Zoologichen Jahrbucher'' Supplement 8
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3. The type locality is Han River in

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Ecology

''Semisulcospira gottschei'' serves as the first intermediate host for ''

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References

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* Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of ''Semisulcospira'', ''Koreanomelania'', and ''Koreoleptoxis'' (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". '' Korean Journal of Malacology'' 26(4): 275-283
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