Filopaludina bengalensis
Species of gastropod
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Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
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| Filopaludina bengalensis shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Filopaludina |
| Species: | F. bengalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Distribution
Ecology
Parasites of Filopaludina bengalensis include trematode Lissemysia ocellata and Lissemysia ovata.[3]
Human use
It is used as a food source for humans.[1]
