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Filopaludina bengalensis

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Filopaludina bengalensis
Filopaludina bengalensis shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Filopaludina
Species:
F. bengalensis
Binomial name
Filopaludina bengalensis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[2]

Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909)
Bellamya bengalensis f. mandiensis (Kobelt, 1909)
Paludina bengalensis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)
Vivipara bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Distribution

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This species is found in Iran, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh.

Ecology

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Parasites of Filopaludina bengalensis include trematode Lissemysia ocellata and Lissemysia ovata.[3]

Human use

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It is used as a food source for humans.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Budha, P.B., Dutta, J. & Daniel, B.A. 2010. Bellamya bengalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166706A6265508. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166706A6265508.en. Downloaded on 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827331 on 2017-11-20
  3. ^ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.