Austropeplea viridis

Austropeplea viridis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Russian Federation: Kuril Islands
• Japan
• South Korea
• China and Hong Kong
• Nepal
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam – it widely distributed in northern, central, and southern Vietnam.
• Indonesia (Papua)
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Guam

The nonidigenous distribution of this species includes:

• Australia

Description

The shell has 4.5–5 whorls.

The shape of the aperture is regularly oval. The width of the aperture is 3–4 mm. The height of the aperture is 5–6 mm.

The width of the shell is 4–6 mm. The height of the shell is 10–13 mm.

Habitat

Autropeplea viridis was found in rice fields, ditches, small canals, and submerged vegetable fields.

Parasites

Parasites of Austropeplea viridis include:

• Orientocreadium batrachoides
• Fasciola hepatica
• In Vietnam, Austropeplea viridis serves as an intermediate host for the trematode Fasciola gigantica.

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