Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.
Distribution This species occurs in its native range in: Indo-China Indonesia Vietnam - it was firstly identified in Vietnam in 2013 in southern Vietnam.Dung B. T., Doanh P. N., The D. T., Loan H. T., Losson B. & Caron Y. (2013). "Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Lymnaeid Snails and Their Potential Role in Transmission of Fasciola spp. in Vietnam". Korean Journal of Parasitology 51(6): 657-662. .
It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in: Great Britain Ireland
Description
The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.
The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.
Habitat This species inhabits small canals.
Parasites Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include: Radix rubiginosa is the first intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideumChai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69–S102. . Fasciola giganticaRobinson M. W. & Dalton J. P. (2009). "Zoonotic helminth infections with particular emphasis on fasciolosis and other trematodiases". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364(1530): 2763-2776. . Echninoparyphium dunni and Echinostoma audyiToguebaye B. S., Quilichini Y., Diagne P. M. & Marchand B. (2014). "Ultrastructure and development of Nosema podocotyloidis n. sp. (Microsporidia), a hyperparasite of Podocotyloides magnatestis (Trematoda), a parasite of Parapristipoma octolineatum (Teleostei)". Parasite 21: 44. . Pleurolophocercous cercariae (Heterophyidae) were recorded from Radix rubiginosa in China.Chontananarth T. & Wongsawad C. (2013). "Epidemiology of cercarial stage of trematodes in freshwater snails from Chiang Mai province, Thailand". Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 3(3): 237-243. .
Human use This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130.
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