Semisulcospira gottschei

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

Semisulcospira gottschei
Drawing on an apertural view of a shell and an operculum of Semisulcospira gottschei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Species:
S. gottschei
Binomial name
Semisulcospira gottschei
(Martens, 1886)[1]
Synonyms

Melania gottschei Martens, 1886

The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the South Korea.[2] The type locality is Han River in Seoul.[1]

Ecology

Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.[3]

References
  1. Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76-80. page 78.
  2. (in German) Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". Zoologichen Jahrbucher Supplement 8: 23-70, Table 1-3.
  3. World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 127.
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  • Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Korean Journal of Malacology 26(4): 275-283. abstract and PDF.


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