Semisulcospira libertina

Semisulcospira libertina
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene[1]-Recent
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S. libertina partially covered by detritus, but showing its basal cords, an important identifying feature
Drawing of an apertural view of an S. libertina shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Species:
S. libertina
Binomial name
Semisulcospira libertina
(Gould, 1859)[3]
Distribution map of Semisulcospira libertina
Synonyms[4]

Melania libertina Gould, 1859
Melanoides libertinus
Semisulcospira toucheana

Semisulcospira libertina is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae. Widespread in east Asia, it lives in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. In some countries it is harvested as a food source. It is medically important as a vector of clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, metagonimiasis and others.

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Matsuoka K. & 野尻湖貝類グループ (1982) (Fossil Mollusc Research Group for Noiiri-ko Excavation). "野尻湖層産カワニナ胎児殼化石について : 現生カワニナとの比較研究 "On the fossil embryonic shell of Semisulcospira libertina (GOULD) (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the latest Pleistocene Nojiri-ko Formation, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan: A comparative study of recent and fossil Semisulcospira". 地球科學 Chikyu kagaku [Earth science] 36(4), 175–184. CiNii.
  2. ^ Madhyastha A. (2014). "Semisulcospira libertina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version e.T166281A1127046. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ Gould A. A. (1859). "Descriptions of shells collected in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain Ringgold and Rodgers". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 40-45. page 42.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference WHO 1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).