Radix rubiginosa

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

This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.

Distribution

This species occurs in its native range in:

It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:

The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.

The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4Ã¢ÂÂ5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7Ã¢ÂÂ11 mm.

The width of the shell is 5Ã¢ÂÂ8 mm. The height of the shell is 11Ã¢ÂÂ20 mm.

This species inhabits small canals.

Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:

Radix rubiginosa is the first intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideum
Fasciola gigantica
Echninoparyphium dunni and Echinostoma audyi
Pleurolophocercous cercariae (Heterophyidae) were recorded from Radix rubiginosa in China.

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.