Koreoleptoxis amurensis explained

Koreoleptoxis amurensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Taxonomy

Strong et al. (2009)^[1] and Kantor et al. (2010) classified this species in the genus "Parajuga" Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003; however Parajuga is not available name.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in rivers of the Amur River basin.^[2]

The type locality is "im Amur, im mittleren Laufe und einem Theile des unteren dieses Stromes".^[2]

Ecology

Koreoleptoxis amurensis serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China^[3] and as the first intermediate host of Paragonimus westermani.^[4]

External links

• 10.1071/IS16077. 1447-2600. 31. 3. 249–268. Köhler. Frank. Against the odds of unusual mtDNA inheritance, introgressive hybridisation and phenotypic plasticity: systematic revision of Korean freshwater gastropods (Semisulcospiridae, Cerithioidea). Invertebrate Systematics. 2017-07-07. 2017-06-16. 90588497.

Notes and References

1. Strong E. & Köhler F. (2009). "Morphological and molecular analysis of "Melania" jacqueti Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 483-502.
2. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
3. 10.1186/s40249-016-0166-1. 27384714. 4933995. 2049-9957. 5. 1. 71. Tang. Ze-Li. Huang. Yan. Yu. Xin-Bing. Current status and perspectives of Clonorchis sinensis and clonorchiasis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, omics, prevention and control. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2016-07-06. free.
4. [World Health Organization]