Stenomelania juncea
| Stenomelania juncea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Stenomelania |
| Species: | S. juncea |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenomelania juncea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania juncea I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 | |
Stenomelania juncea is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
The sister species of Stenomelania juncea is Stenomelania boninensis.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The type locality is Taal Lake and small streams, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines.[1]
Parasites
[edit]Stenomelania juncea is the first intermediate host for the trematode Haplorchis taichui.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lea I. & Lea H. C. (1851). "Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East, and now first described". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18("1850"): 179-197. page 189.
- ↑ Miura O., Mori H., Nakai S., Satake K., Sasaki T. & Chiba S. (2008). "Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2): 199-202. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn003.
- ↑ Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
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