Stenomelania juncea is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
| Stenomelania juncea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Stenomelania |
| Species: | S. juncea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenomelania juncea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melania juncea I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 | |
The sister species of Stenomelania juncea is Stenomelania boninensis.[2]
Distribution
editThe type locality is Taal Lake and small streams, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines.[1]
Parasites
editStenomelania juncea is the first intermediate host for the trematode Haplorchis taichui.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Lea I. & Lea H. C. (1851). "Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East, and now first described". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18("1850"): 179-197. page 189.
- ^ Miura O., Mori H., Nakai S., Satake K., Sasaki T. & Chiba S. (2008). "Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2): 199-202. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn003.
- ^ Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
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