Parafossarulus spiridonovi

Parafossarulus spiridonovi is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Parafossarulus spiridonovi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Parafossarulus
Species:
P. spiridonovi
Binomial name
Parafossarulus spiridonovi
Zatrawkin & Starobogatov in Zatrawkin, Dovgalev & Starobogatov, 1989[1]

The specific name spiridonovi is apparently in honour of Croatian malacologist Spiridon Brusina.[citation needed]

Distribution

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The type locality of this species is near the village of Kirovo, in the basin of the Bidzan River in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsky District, Russia.[2]

The species is also found in the Illistaya River and the Arsenjevka river (Primorsky Krai).[3]

Parasites

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Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Notocotylus intestinalis (natural infection).[3]

Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as an intermediate host for the trematode Psilotrema acutilostris.[4]

Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (experimental infection)[5] and for Echinochasmus spinosus (experimental infection).[6]

Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the second intermediate host for the trematode Sphaeridiotrema monorchis (experimental infection).[7]

References

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  1. ^ (in Russian) Zatrawkin M. N., Dovgalev A. S. & Starobogatov Ya. I. [Затравкин М. Н., Довгалев А. С. & Старобогатов Я. И.] (1989). "Моллюски рода Parafossarulus (Bithyniidae, Gastropoda) фауны СССР и их значение как промежуточных хозяев трематоды Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold, 1857). [Molluscs of the genus Parafossarulus (Bithyniidae, Gastropoda) in fauna of the USSR and their role as intermediate hosts of the trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold, 1857)]". Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы, отдел биологический. [Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelej Prirody, otdel biologicheskij], 94(5): 74-78. pages 77-78, fig. 3.
  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. ^ a b Besprozvannykh V. (2010). "Life Cycle of the Trematode Notocotylus intestinalis (Digenea, Notocutylidae) under Natural Conditions in Primorye Region (Russia)". Vestnik Zoologii 44(3): e-33–e-36. doi:10.2478/v10058-010-0016-8.
  4. ^ (in Russian) Besprozvannykh V. V. (2003). "[Life cycle of trematode Psilotrema acutilostris (Psilostomidae) from Primor'e region]". Parazitologiia 37(3): 241-245. PMID 12916403. PDF.
  5. ^ (in Russian) Besprozvannykh V. V. (2003). "[Life cycle of a trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (Cyathocotylidae) in conditions of Primor'e]". Parazitologiia 37(4): 346-351. PMID 14515513. PDF.
  6. ^ (in Russian) Besprozvannykh V. V. (2011). [Life cycle of the trematode Echinochasmus spinosus Odhner, 1911 (Echinostomatidae) in the natural conditions of Primorye]. Parazitologiia 45(2): 114-119. PMID 21874844.
  7. ^ Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H. D., Ha N. V., Hung N. M., Rozhkovan K. V. & Ermolenko A. V. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190-204. PDF.