Parafossarulus spiridonovi
Species of gastropod
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Parafossarulus spiridonovi is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
| Parafossarulus spiridonovi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Parafossarulus |
| Species: | P. spiridonovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Parafossarulus spiridonovi Zatrawkin & Starobogatov in Zatrawkin, Dovgalev & Starobogatov, 1989[1] | |
The specific name spiridonovi is apparently in honour of Croatian malacologist Spiridon Brusina.[citation needed]
Distribution
The type locality of this species is near the village of Kirovo, in the basin of the Bidzan River in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsky District, Russia.[2]
The species is also found in the Illistaya River and the Arsenjevka river (Primorsky Krai).[3]
Parasites
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Notocotylus intestinalis (natural infection).[3]
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as an intermediate host for the trematode Psilotrema acutilostris.[4]
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (experimental infection)[5] and for Echinochasmus spinosus (experimental infection).[6]
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the second intermediate host for the trematode Sphaeridiotrema monorchis (experimental infection).[7]
