Bithynia funiculata

Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Bithynia funiculata
Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia funiculata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. funiculata
Binomial name
Bithynia funiculata Walker, 1927
Synonyms[1]
Bithynia goniomphala Morlet, 1891 Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus Bithynia siamensis funiculata

Taxonomy

Previously (for example WHO 1995)^[2] considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.^[1]

Distribution

Distribution of this species includes:

• Thailand^[1]

Ecology

Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

• The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis^[1]
• This species transfers echinostomiasis.^[1]
• Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.^[2]