Bithynia funiculata Walker 1927

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

Taxonomy

Previously (for example WHO 1995)^[2] considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.^[1]

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

• Thailand^[1]

Ecology

Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

• The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis^[1]
• This species transfers echinostomiasis.^[1]
• Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.^[2]

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