Filopaludina is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Viviparidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Filopaludina Habe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827276 on 2014-12-09
Distribution The indigenous distribution of Filopaludina includes Southeast Asia.
Species Species within the genus Filopaludina are within two subgenera and they include:
subgenus Siamopaludina Brandt, 1968 Filopaludina javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)Kittivorachate R. & Yangyuen C. (2004). "Molluscs in the Ubolratana Reservoir, Khon Kaen". Kasetsart Journal (Nat. Sci.) 38: 131-139. PDF . Marwoto R. M. & Nurinsiyah A. S. (2009). "Keanekaragaman keong air tawar marga Filopaludina di Indonesia dan status taksonominya (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Prosiding Seminar Nasional Moluska 2: "Moluska: Peluang Bisnis dan Konservasi". Bogor, 11-12 Februari 2009. Hal. II, 202-213. PDF . Filopaludina maekoki (Brandt, 1968) Filopaludina martensi (Frauenfeld, 1865) Filopaludina martensi cambodiensis Brandt, 1974 Filopaludina martensi martensi (Frauenfeld, 1865) Filopaludina martensi munensis Brandt, 1974
subgenus Filopaludina Habe, 1964 Filopaludina filosa (Reeve, 1863) Filopaludina miveruensis Smith Filopaludina sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852) Filopaludina sumatrensis peninsularis Brandt, 1974, accessed 2 June 2014.
subgenus ? Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) Filopaludina munensis
Synonyms: Filopaludina doliaris (Gould, 1844) is a synonym of Idiopoma doliaris (Gould, 1844) Filopaludina mandahlbarthi is a synonym of Sinotaia mandahlbarthi Brandt, 1968 Filopaludina quadrata (Benson, 1842) is a synonym of Sinotaia quadrata (Benson, 1842) Filopaludina simonis Bavay, 1898 is a synonym of Idiopoma simonis Bavay, 1898
Ecology Filopaludina sp. from Vietnam serves as a second intermediate host for the parasitic fluke Echinostoma revolutum..
References
Brandt R.A.M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423