Gyraulus convexiusculus

Gyraulus convexiusculus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Gyraulus convexiusculus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Planorbini
Genus:
Gyraulus
Species:
G. convexiusculus
Binomial name
Gyraulus convexiusculus
(Hutton, 1849)
Synonyms[1]

Planorbis convexiusculus Hutton, 1849

Distribution

Distribution of Gyraulus convexiusculus includes Sistan and Baluchestan Province and Yazd Province in Iran,[2] Afghanistan,[2] Thailand,[2] Nepal,[3] South Korea,[4] Vietnam.[5]

Ecology

Predators of include larvae of Luciola substriata.[6]

Gyraulus convexiusculus is the known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum.[7]

Gyraulus convexiusculus is a potential first and second intermediate host of Echinostoma cinetorchis in Korea, based on laboratory work.[8]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[9]

References
  1. Van Damme, D. 2014. Gyraulus convexiusculus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T166681A42421590. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T166681A42421590.en. Downloaded on 15 September 2018.
  2. Glöer, P.; Pešić, V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ZooKeys. 219: 11–61. doi:10.3897/zookeys.219.3406.
  3. Surana, R.; Subba, B. R.; Limbu, K. P. (2004). "Report of Molluscs from Chimdi lake (Birju Tal), Sunsari district, Eastern Nepal". Our Nature. 2: 1. doi:10.3126/on.v2i1.325.
  4. Noseworthy, R. G.; Lim, N.-R.; Choi, K.-S. (2007). "A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea". Korean Journal of Malacology. 23 (1): 65–104.
  5. Dung, B. T.; Madsen, H.; The, D. T. (2010). "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". Acta Tropica. 116 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016. PMID 20457118.
  6. Fu, Xinhua; Ohba, Nobuyoshi; Vencl, Fredric V.; Lei, Chaoliang (2005). "Structure, behavior, and the life cycle of an aquatic firefly, Luciola substriata, in China". The Canadian Entomologist. 137: 83–90. doi:10.4039/N04-022.
  7. 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 (Supplement): S69–102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69. PMC 2769220. PMID 19885337.
  8. Chung, P. R.; Jung, Y.; Park, Y. K. (2001). "Segmentina hemisphaerula: A New Molluscan Intermediate Host for Echinostoma cinetorchis in Korea". Journal of Parasitology. 87 (5): 1169–1171. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1169:SHANMI]2.0.CO;2. PMID 11695387.
  9. Ng, T. H.; Tan, S. K.; Wong, W. H.; Meier, R.; Chan, S. Y.; Tan, H. H.; Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE. 11 (8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130. PMC 4985174. PMID 27525660.


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