Bithynia fuchsiana
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Bithynia fuchsiana

Bithynia fuchsiana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

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Distribution of this species includes:

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  • southern and eastern China
  • Taiwan
  • the Red River delta, Vietnam

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Habits and Lifestyle

Bithynia fuchsiana inhabits lentic habitats such as lakes, rice fields, ponds and others.

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Bithynia fuchsiana serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Clonorchis sinensis.

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References

1. Bithynia fuchsiana Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia_fuchsiana
2. Bithynia fuchsiana on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166293/1128252

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