Gyraulus convexiusculus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.238347 - Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton, 1849) - Planorbidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
| image_caption = Gyraulus convexiusculus shell
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Gyraulus convexiusculus
| authority = (Hutton, 1849)
| synonyms =
Planorbis convexiusculus Hutton, 1849
}}
Gyraulus convexiusculus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
Distribution of Gyraulus convexiusculus includes Sistan and Baluchestan Province and Yazd Province in Iran,{{cite journal | last1 = Glöer | first1 = P. | author-link2 = Vladimir Pešić | last2 = Pešić | first2 = V. | year = 2012 | title = The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 219 | pages = 11–61 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 | doi-access = free | pmid = 22977349 | pmc = 3433696 }} Afghanistan, Thailand, Nepal,{{cite journal | last1 = Surana | first1 = R. | last2 = Subba | first2 = B. R. | last3 = Limbu | first3 = K. P. | year = 2004 | title = Report of Molluscs from Chimdi lake (Birju Tal), Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal | journal = Our Nature | volume = 2 | page = 1 | doi = 10.3126/on.v2i1.325 | doi-access = free }} South Korea,{{cite journal | last1 = Noseworthy | first1 = R. G. | last2 = Lim | first2 = N.-R. | last3 = Choi | first3 = K.-S. | year = 2007 | title = A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea | url = https://www.academia.edu/7570561 | journal = Korean Journal of Malacology | volume = 23 | issue = 1| pages = 65–104 }} Vietnam.{{cite journal | last1 = Dung | first1 = B. T. | last2 = Madsen | first2 = H. | last3 = The | first3 = D. T. | year = 2010 | title = Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam | journal = Acta Tropica | volume = 116 | issue = 1| pages = 15–23 | doi = 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016 | pmid = 20457118 }}
Ecology
Predators of include larvae of Luciola substriata.{{cite journal|last1=Fu|first1=Xinhua|last2=Ohba|first2=Nobuyoshi|last3=Vencl|first3=Fredric V.|last4=Lei|first4=Chaoliang|title=Structure, behavior, and the life cycle of an aquatic firefly, Luciola substriata, in China|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250370642|journal=The Canadian Entomologist|date=2005|volume=137|pages=83–90|doi=10.4039/N04-022|s2cid=84427158}}
Gyraulus convexiusculus is the known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum.{{Cite journal | last1 = Chai | first1 = J. Y. | last2 = Shin | first2 = E. H. | last3 = Lee | first3 = S. H. | last4 = Rim | first4 = H. J. | title = Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia | doi = 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69 | journal = The Korean Journal of Parasitology | volume = 47 | issue = Supplement | pages = S69–102 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19885337| pmc =2769220 }}
Gyraulus convexiusculus is a potential first and second intermediate host of Echinostoma cinetorchis in Korea, based on laboratory work.{{Cite journal | last1 = Chung | first1 = P. R. | last2 = Jung | first2 = Y. | last3 = Park | first3 = Y. K. | title = Segmentina hemisphaerula: A New Molluscan Intermediate Host for Echinostoma cinetorchis in Korea | journal = Journal of Parasitology | volume = 87 | issue = 5 | pages = 1169–1171 | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1169:SHANMI]2.0.CO;2 | pmid = 11695387}}
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.{{cite journal | last1 = Ng | first1 = T. H. | last2 = Tan | first2 = S. K. | last3 = Wong | first3 = W. H. | last4 = Meier | first4 = R. | last5 = Chan | first5 = S. Y. | last6 = Tan | first6 = H. H. | last7 = Yeo | first7 = D. C. | year = 2016 | title = Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 11 | issue = 8| page = e0161130 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0161130 | doi-access = free | pmid = 27525660 | pmc = 4985174 | bibcode = 2016PLoSO..1161130N }}