Plotiopsis balonnensis

Plotiopsis balonnensis is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Plotiopsis balonnensis
Plotiopsis balonnensis shells
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P. balonnensis
Binomial name
Plotiopsis balonnensis
(Conrad, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850 (original combination)
Melania incerta Brot, 1862
Melania lirata Menke, 1843 (primary homonym of Melania lirata Benson, 1843; Melania incerta is a replacement name)
Melania oncoides Tenison-Woods, 1878
Melania subsimilis E. A. Smith, 1882
Melania tatei Brazier, 1881
Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania tetrica Gould, 1847; Melania tatei is a replacement name)
Plotiopsis centralia Cotton, 1943
Plotiopsis flata Iredale, 1944
Plotiopsis sociana Iredale, 1944
Plotiopsis subornata Iredale, 1943
Plotiopsis thrascia Iredale, 1944
Thiara balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)

Ecology

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Parasites of Plotiopsis balonnensis include trematode Sychnocotyle kholo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821622 on 2017-11-20
  2. ^ 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.