Ferrissia tenuis
Ferrissia tenuis | |
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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.
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 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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