Filopaludina
Filopaludina is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.Distribution
The indigenous distribution of Filopaludina includes Southeast Asia.Species within the genus Filopaludina are within two subgenera and they include:
subgenus Siamopaludina Brandt, 1968
- Filopaludina javanica
- Filopaludina maekoki
- Filopaludina martensi
- * Filopaludina martensi cambodiensis Brandt, 1974
- * Filopaludina martensi martensi
- * Filopaludina martensi munensis Brandt, 1974
subgenus Filopaludina Habe, 1964
subgenus ?
- Filopaludina bengalensis
- Filopaludina munensis
Synonyms:
- Filopaludina doliaris is a synonym of Idiopoma doliaris
- Filopaludina mandahlbarthi is a synonym of Sinotaia mandahlbarthi Brandt, 1968
- Filopaludina quadrata is a synonym of Sinotaia quadrata
- Filopaludina simonis Bavay, 1898 is a synonym of Idiopoma simonis Bavay, 1898
Ecology
Filopaludina sp. from Vietnam serves as a second intermediate host for the parasitic fluke Echinostoma revolutum.
