Ferrissia tenuis

Ferrissia tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: F. tenuis
Binomial name
Ferrissia tenuis
(Bourguignat, 1862)

Ferrissia tenuis is a species of a freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is found in India.

Distribution map of Ferrissia tenuis.

Ecology

The population trend of this species is unknown.[1]

Ferrissia tenuis is considered as a suspected host of Schistosoma haematobium in India.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Madhyastha A. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Ferrissia tenuis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 September 2014.
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