Filopaludina filosa

Filopaludina filosa is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Filopaludina filosa

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Filopaludina
Species:
F. filosa
Binomial name
Filopaludina filosa
(Reeve, 1863)
Synonyms[1]

Paludina filosa Reeve, 1863
Bellamaya filosa Haas, 1952

Distribution

This species is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Description

The width of the shell is 22 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 24 mm.[2]

References
  1. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Filopaludina filosa". In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.
  2. (in German) Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp. 97-430, plates 15-77. pages 274-275, table 55, fig. 13, table 57, fig. 13-15.


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