Semisulcospira gottschei

Semisulcospira gottschei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Semisulcospira gottschei
Drawing on an apertural view of a shell and an operculum of Semisulcospira gottschei
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Semisulcospiridae
Genus:	Semisulcospira
Species:	S. gottschei
Binomial name
Semisulcospira gottschei (Martens, 1886)[2]
Synonyms
Melania gottschei Martens, 1886

The specific name gottschei is in honor of German geologist Carl Christian Gottsche, who collected type specimen during his research in Korea in 1884.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the South Korea.[3] The type locality is Han River in Seoul.[2]

Ecology

Semisulcospira gottschei serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.[4]

References

1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2015.
2. Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76-80. page 78.
3. (in German) Martens E. von (1905). "Koreanische Süsswasser-Mollusken". Zoologichen Jahrbucher Supplement 8: 23-70, Table 1-3.
4. World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 127.

External links

• Kim W.-J., Kim D.-H., Lee J.-S., Bang I.-C., Lee W.-O. & Jung H. (2010). "Systematic Relationships of Korean Freshwater Snails of Semisulcospira, Koreanomelania, and Koreoleptoxis (Cerithiodiea; Pleuroceridae) Revealed by Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Sequences". Korean Journal of Malacology 26(4): 275-283. abstract and PDF.