Filopaludina bengalensis | |
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Filopaludina bengalensis shells | |
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Species: | F. bengalensis
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Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
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Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) |
Filopaludina bengalensis, also known as Bellamya bengalensis, is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
Parasites of Filopaludina bengalensis include trematode Lissemysia ocellata and Lissemysia ovata.[3]
It is used as a food source for humans.[1]