Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Taxonomy Previously (for example WHO 1995) considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.
Distribution Distribution of this species includes: Thailand
Ecology Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for: The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis This species transfers echinostomiasis. Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.World Health Organization (1995). Control of Foodborne Trematode Infection. WHO Technical Report Series. 849. PDF part 1, PDF part 2. page 125.
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