Radix_luteola

<i>Radix luteola</i>

Radix luteola

Species of gastropod

Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.

Quick Facts Radix luteola, Conservation status ...

Placement of this species within the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010).[2]

There exist two forms of this species:[1]

  • Radix luteola f. australis
  • Radix luteola f. ovalis

Distribution

Radix luteola is a widespread species in south Asia and southeast Asia.[1]

Parasites

Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes:

References

  1. [1]
    Madhyastha A., Dutta J. & Daniel B. A. (2010). Lymnaea luteola. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 8 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    Correa C. A., Escobar J. S., Durand P., Renaud F., David P., Jarne P., Pointier J.-P. & Hurtrez-Boussès S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 381. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-381.
  3. [3]
    Liu L. et al. (2010) "The phylogeography of Indoplanorbis exustus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Asia". Parasites & Vectors 3: 57. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-57.
  • Devkota, R.; Brant, S. V.; Loker, E. S. (2016). "A genetically distinct Schistosoma from Radix luteola from Nepal related to Schistosoma turkestanicum: a phylogenetic study of schistosome and snail host". Acta Tropica. 164: 45–53. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.08.015


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