Bithynia misella

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| taxon = Bithynia misella

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Madhyastha, A. |date=2012 |title=Bithynia misella |volume=2012 |page=e.T166248A1122143 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166248A1122143.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| authority = (Gredler, 1884)

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| synonyms = Gabbia misella Gredler, 1884

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

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Ecology

Bithynia misella inhabits slow-moving waters such as pools, ponds and paddy fields.

Bithynia misella is the first intermediate host for:

  • trematode Clonorchis sinensisWorld Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. [http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_849_(part1).pdf PDF part 1], [http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_849_(part2).pdf PDF part 2]. page 125.

References

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Category:Bithyniidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1884

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