Semisulcospira gottschei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.
Distribution This species occurs in the South Korea. Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". Zoologichen Jahrbucher Supplement 8: 23-70, Table 1-3. The type locality is Han River in Seoul.
Ecology Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 127.
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Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Korean Journal of Malacology 26(4): 275-283. abstract and PDF.