Radix luteola

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Cleanup taxon|date=Jan 2019|concern=unaccepted}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Madhyastha A., Dutta J. & Daniel B. A. (2010). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/166682/0 Lymnaea luteola]. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Downloaded on 8 April 2011.

| taxon = Radix luteola

| authority = (Lamarck, 1822)

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Lymnaea luteola Lamarck, 1822

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

Placement of this species within the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010).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|doi-access=free}}.

There exist two forms of this species:

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

Distribution

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

Parasites

Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes:

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