Ferrissia tenuis
Ferrissia tenuis is a species of a freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.
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| Ferrissia tenuis (Bourguignat, 1862)
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DistributionEdit
This species is found in India.
EcologyEdit
The population trend of this species is unknown.[1]
Ferrissia tenuis is considered as a suspected host of Schistosoma haematobium in India.[1]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 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.