Semisulcospira gottschei

Semisulcospira gottschei
Drawing on an apertural view of a shell and an operculum of Semisulcospira gottschei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Species:
S. gottschei
Binomial name
Semisulcospira gottschei
(Martens, 1886)[1]
Synonyms

Melania gottschei Martens, 1886

Semisulcospira gottschei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the South Korea.[2] The type locality is Han River in Seoul.[1]

Ecology

Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76-80. page 78.
  2. ^ a b (in German) Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". Zoologichen Jahrbucher Supplement 8: 23-70, Table 1-3.
  3. ^ World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 127.
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  • Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Korean Journal of Malacology 26(4): 275-283. abstract and PDF.


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