Koreoleptoxis amurensis

Koreoleptoxis amurensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Koreoleptoxis amurensis
Koreoleptoxis amurensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Semisulcospiridae
Genus:	Koreoleptoxis
Species:	K. amurensis
Binomial name
Koreoleptoxis amurensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Melania amurensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 Juga amurensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859) “Parajuga” amurensis Semisulcospira amurensis Semisulcospira cancellata sensu Shadin, 1952, part. non Benson, 1833

Taxonomy

Strong et al. (2009)^[4] and Kantor et al. (2010) classified this species in the genus "Parajuga" Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003; however Parajuga is not available name.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in rivers of the Amur River basin.^[3]

The type locality is "im Amur, im mittleren Laufe und einem Theile des unteren dieses Stromes".^[3]

Ecology

Koreoleptoxis amurensis serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China^[5] and as the first intermediate host of Paragonimus westermani.^[6]