Koreoleptoxis amurensis
Species of gastropod
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Koreoleptoxis amurensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
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| Koreoleptoxis amurensis | |
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| Koreoleptoxis amurensis shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Semisulcospiridae |
| Genus: | Koreoleptoxis |
| Species: | K. amurensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Koreoleptoxis amurensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Melania amurensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 | |
Taxonomy
Strong et al. (2009)[4] and Kantor et al. (2010) classified this species in the genus "Parajuga" Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003; however Parajuga is not available name.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in rivers of the Amur River basin.[3]
The type locality is "im Amur, im mittleren Laufe und einem Theile des unteren dieses Stromes".[3]
Ecology
Koreoleptoxis amurensis serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China[5] and as the first intermediate host of Paragonimus westermani.[6]