Filopaludina javanica or Idiopoma javanica is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.
Subspecies There are recognized two subspecies: Filopaludina javanica javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) Filopaludina javanica continentalis or Idiopoma javanica continentalis Brandt, 1974
Distribution This species is found in Thailand,Kittivorachate R. & Yangyuen C. (2004). "Molluscs in the Ubolratana Reservoir, Khon Kaen". Kasetsart Journal (Nat. Sci.) 38: 131-139. PDF . Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Java).
Description The height of the shell is 30–35 mm. Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp. 97-430, plates 15-77. page 251-, table 5, fig. 7-10. table 52, fig. 1-7.
Ecology This species inhabits ponds, rice fields and irrigation channels.
Parasites of Filopaludina javanica include Echinostoma echinatumFried B. & Toledo R. (2009). The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community. Springer Science & Business Media, 344 pp., page 162.Murrell K. D. & Fried B. (2007). Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses: Fish and Plant-Borne Parasites. Springer Science & Business Media, 442 pp., page 59. (see also Beaver et al. 1984).Beaver P. C., Jung R. C. & Cupp E. W. (1984). Clinical Parasitology 9th Edition. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia.
Human use
Filopaludina javanica is prepared by boiling and it used often as part of the cuisine of Java.Sulianti A. (2008). "Cooking Echinostoma-infected Bellamya javanica for safe consumption". Proceedings of the Third ASEAN Congress of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (ACTMP3). The Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 22–23 May 2008. Parasites: a hidden threat to global health 2009 pp. 28-32. abstract.
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van Benthem Jutting W. S. S. (1956). "Systematic Studies On The Non-Marine Mollusca Of The Indo-Australian Archipelago. Critical Revision of The Javanese Freshwater Gastropods". Treubia 23(2): 259-477. Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata in Abbildungen nach dem Natur". Systematisches Conchylien-cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. H. v. Schubert und Professor J. A. Wagner. Verlag von Bauer und Raspe, Nürnberk. 96 pp. 24-25, tab. 5, fig. 7-10.