Parafossarulus sungariensis
Species of gastropod
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Parafossarulus sungariensis is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
| Parafossarulus sungariensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Parafossarulus |
| Species: | P. sungariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parafossarulus sungariensis | |
The specific name sungariensis comes from the name of the Sungari River, where this species was found.
Distribution
This species occurs in Heilongjiang Province and in Jilin Province in northeastern China.[1]
The type locality is the Sungari River basin, a small lake near Harbin.[2]
Habitat
Parafossarulus sungariensis lives in freshwater lakes and rivers.[1]
