Parafossarulus spiridonovi is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
The specific name spiridonovi is apparently in honour of Croatian malacologist Spiridon Brusina.
Distribution The type locality of this species is near the village of Kirovo, in the basin of the Bidzan River in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsky District, Russia.
The species is also found in the Illistaya River and the Arsenjevka river (Primorsky Krai).Besprozvannykh V. (2010). "Life Cycle of the Trematode Notocotylus intestinalis (Digenea, Notocutylidae) under Natural Conditions in Primorye Region (Russia)". Vestnik Zoologii 44(3): e-33–e-36. .
Parasites Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Notocotylus intestinalis (natural infection).
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as an intermediate host for the trematode Psilotrema acutilostris. Besprozvannykh V. V. (2003). "[Life cycle of trematode Psilotrema acutilostris (Psilostomidae) from Primor'e region]". Parazitologiia 37(3): 241-245. . PDF.
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (experimental infection) Besprozvannykh V. V. (2003). "[Life cycle of a trematode Holostephanus nipponicus (Cyathocotylidae) in conditions of Primor'e]". Parazitologiia 37(4): 346-351. . PDF. and for Echinochasmus spinosus (experimental infection). Besprozvannykh V. V. (2011). [Life cycle of the trematode Echinochasmus spinosus Odhner, 1911 (Echinostomatidae) in the natural conditions of Primorye]. Parazitologiia 45(2): 114-119. .
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the second intermediate host for the trematode Sphaeridiotrema monorchis (experimental infection).Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H. D., Ha N. V., Hung N. M., Rozhkovan K. V. & Ermolenko A. V. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190-204. PDF .
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