Koreoleptoxis amurensis | |
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Koreoleptoxis amurensis shell | |
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Genus: | Koreoleptoxis
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Species: | K. amurensis
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Koreoleptoxis amurensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[2]
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Melania amurensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 |
Koreoleptoxis amurensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Strong et al. (2009)[5] and Kantor et al. (2010) classified this species in the genus "Parajuga" Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003; however Parajuga is not available name.[4]
This species occurs in rivers of the Amur River basin.[4]
The type locality is "im Amur, im mittleren Laufe und einem Theile des unteren dieses Stromes".[4]
Koreoleptoxis amurensis serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China[6] and as the first intermediate host of Paragonimus westermani.[7]