Bithynia misella

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

Bithynia misella
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. misella
Binomial name
Bithynia misella (Gredler, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
Gabbia misella Gredler, 1884

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

• southeastern and eastern China^[2][1]
• Korea^[1]
• Taiwan^[1]
• Bến Tre Province, Vietnam^[1]

Ecology

Bithynia misella inhabits slow-moving waters such as pools, ponds and paddy fields.^[1]

Bithynia misella is the first intermediate host for:

• trematode Clonorchis sinensis^[2]