Radix luteola explained

Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.

Placement of this species within the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010).^[1]

There exist two forms of this species:

• Radix luteola f. australis
• Radix luteola f. ovalis

Distribution

Radix luteola is a widespread species in south Asia and southeast Asia.

Parasites

Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes:

• Schistosoma nasale
• Schistosoma indicum^[2]
• Schistosoma spindale
• Schistosoma suis
• Schistosoma incognitum
• Fasciola gigantica
• Fasciola hepatica
• Clinostomum giganticum
• Echinostoma revolutum
• Orientobilharzia dattae
• Echinoparyphium bugulai

External links

• Devkota, R.; Brant, S. V.; Loker, E. S. (2016). "A genetically distinct Schistosoma from Radix luteola from Nepal related to Schistosoma turkestanicum: a phylogenetic study of schistosome and snail host". Acta Tropica. 164: 45–53. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.08.015

Notes and References

1. Correa C. A., Escobar J. S., Durand P., Renaud F., David P., Jarne P., Pointier J.-P. & Hurtrez-Boussès S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 381. .
2. Liu L. et al. (2010) "The phylogeography of Indoplanorbis exustus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Asia". Parasites & Vectors 3: 57. .