Filopaludina bengalensis

Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.

Filopaludina bengalensis
Filopaludina bengalensis shells
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Filopaludina
Species:	F. bengalensis
Binomial name
Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[2]
Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei (Kobelt, 1909) Bellamya bengalensis f. mandiensis (Kobelt, 1909) Paludina bengalensis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination) Vivipara bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Distribution

This species is found in Iran, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh.

Ecology

Parasites of Filopaludina bengalensis include trematode Lissemysia ocellata and Lissemysia ovata.^[3]

Human use

It is used as a food source for humans.^[1]