Koreoleptoxis amurensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Taxonomy Strong et al. (2009)Strong E. & Köhler F. (2009). "Morphological and molecular analysis of "Melania" jacqueti Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 483-502. and Kantor et al. (2010) classified this species in the genus "Parajuga" Prozorova et Starobogatov, 2003; however Parajuga is not available name.
Distribution This species occurs in rivers of the Amur River basin.
The type locality is "im Amur, im mittleren Laufe und einem Theile des unteren dieses Stromes".
Ecology Koreoleptoxis amurensis serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China and as the first intermediate host of Paragonimus westermani.World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125-126.
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