Bithynia fuchsiana explained

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

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

• southern and eastern China
• Taiwan
• the Red River delta, Vietnam^[1]

Ecology

Bithynia fuchsiana inhabits lentic habitats such as lakes, rice fields, ponds and others. It serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Clonorchis sinensis.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 20457118. 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016. Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. 2010. Dung. Bui Thi. Madsen. Henry. The. Dang Tat. Acta Tropica. 116. 15–23. 1. .
2. [World Health Organization]