Semisulcospira gottschei
| Semisulcospira gottschei | |
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| Drawing on an apertural view of a shell and an operculum of Semisulcospira gottschei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Semisulcospiridae |
| Genus: | Semisulcospira |
| Species: | S. gottschei |
| Binomial name | |
| Semisulcospira gottschei (Martens, 1886)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania gottschei Martens, 1886 | |
Semisulcospira gottschei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the South Korea.[3] The type locality is Han River in Seoul.[2]
Ecology
Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.[4]
References
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2015.
- 1 2 Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76-80. page 78.
- 1 2 (German) Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". Zoologichen Jahrbucher Supplement 8: 23-70, Table 1-3.
- ↑ World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 127.
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- "Semisulcospira gottschei". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Korean Journal of Malacology 26(4): 275-283. abstract and PDF.
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