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Pettancylus tenuis
Scientific classification edit
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Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/PettancylusPettancylus tenuis
(Bourguignat, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Ancylus tenuis Bourguignat, 1862
  • Ferrissia tenuis (Bourguignat, 1862)

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

Distribution[edit | edit source]

This species is found in India.

Distribution map of Pettancylus tenuis.

Ecology[edit | edit source]

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

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

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Madhyastha, A.; Rintelen, T. (2011). "Ferrissia tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T175086A7095326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T175086A7095326.en. Retrieved 16 September 2014.


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