Radix luteola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Lymnaeidae |
Genus: | Radix |
Species: | R. luteola
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Binomial name | |
Radix luteola (Lamarck, 1822)
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Synonyms | |
Lymnaea luteola Lamarck, 1822 |
Radix luteola is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.
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 is a widespread species in south Asia and southeast Asia.[1]
Radix luteola is the first intermediate host for the trematodes: