Radix luteola

Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.

Radix luteola
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Lymnaeidae
Genus:	Radix
Species:	R. luteola
Binomial name
Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Lymnaea luteola Lamarck, 1822

Placement of this species within the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al. (2010).^[2]

There exist two forms of this species:^[1]

• Radix luteola f. australis
• Radix luteola f. ovalis

Distribution

Radix luteola is a widespread species in south Asia and southeast Asia.^[1]

Parasites

Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes:

• Schistosoma nasale^[3][1]
• Schistosoma indicum^[3][1]
• Schistosoma spindale^[1]
• Schistosoma suis^[1]
• Schistosoma incognitum^[1]
• Fasciola gigantica^[1]
• Fasciola hepatica^[1]
• Clinostomum giganticum^[1]
• Echinostoma revolutum^[1]
• Orientobilharzia dattae^[1]
• Echinoparyphium bugulai^[1]