Stenomelania juncea

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| authority = (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)Lea I. & Lea H. C. (1851). "Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East, and now first described". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18("1850"): 179-197. [https://archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl50liet#page/n249/mode/2up page 189].

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Melania juncea I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851

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Stenomelania juncea is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

The sister species of Stenomelania juncea is Stenomelania boninensis.Miura O., Mori H., Nakai S., Satake K., Sasaki T. & Chiba S. (2008). "Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2): 199-202. {{doi|10.1093/mollus/eyn003}}.

Distribution

The type locality is Taal Lake and small streams, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines.

Parasites

Stenomelania juncea is the first intermediate host for the trematode Haplorchis taichui.Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. {{doi|10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69}}.

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Category:Thiaridae

Category:Gastropods described in 1851

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