Ferrissia tenuis

Ferrissia tenuis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Planorboidea
Family:	Planorbidae
Subfamily:	Bulininae
Tribe:	Miratestini
Genus:	Ferrissia
Species:	F. tenuis
Binomial name
	Ferrissia tenuis; (Bourguignat, 1862)

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Ferrissia tenuis is a species of a freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.

Distribution

This species is found in India.

Ecology

The population trend of this species is unknown.^[1]

Ferrissia tenuis is considered as a suspected host of Schistosoma haematobium in India.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Madhyastha A. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Ferrissia tenuis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 September 2014.

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[IUCN_2011-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Madhyastha A. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Ferrissia tenuis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 16 September 2014.

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Ferrissia tenuis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Planorboidea
Family:	Planorbidae
Subfamily:	Bulininae
Tribe:	Miratestini
Genus:	Ferrissia
Species:	F. tenuis
Binomial name
*Ferrissia tenuis* (Bourguignat, 1862)