Bithynia siamensis
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| Bithynia siamensis | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia siamensis siamensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. siamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia siamensis Lea, 1856 | |
Bithynia siamensis is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
WHO (1995)[2] recognized the following subspecies:
- Bithynia siamensis siamensis - synonym: Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus[2]
- Bithynia siamensis funiculata[2]
- Bithynia siamensis laevis[2]
Bithynia siamensis and Bithynia funiculata (synonym: Bithynia goniomphala) were recognized as separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.[1][3]
Distribution
Parasites
Bithynia siamensis serves as a first intermediate host for Southeast Asian liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini.[2] The number of excretory cells of the digestive system is increased in infected Bithynia siamensis.[5]
Parasites of Bithynia siamensis include trematode Multicotyle purvisi.[6]
