Parafossarulus anomalospiralis

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Parafossarulus
Species:	P. anomalospiralis
Binomial name
Parafossarulus anomalospiralis Liu, Li & Liu, 1985[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Jilin Province,^[1] China.

Description

The shell has four whorls.^[1] The suture is deep.^[1] The width of the shell is 9.0–9.5 mm.^[1] The height of the shell is 15.0–18.0 mm.^[1]

Reproductive system and radula was described by Liu et al. (1985).^[1]

Parasites

Parafossarulus anomalospiralis is the first intermediate host for:

• trematode Clonorchis sinensis^[2][3]