Parafossarulus spiridonovi


Parafossarulus spiridonovi is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
The specific name spiridonovi is apparently in honour of Croatian malacologist Spiridon Brusina.

Distribution

The type [locality (biology)|type locality] of this species is near the village of Kirovo, [Jewish Autonomous Oblast|Kirovo], in the basin of the Bidzan River in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsky District, Russia.
The species is also found in the Illistaya River and the Arsenjevka river.

Parasites

Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Notocotylus intestinalis.
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as an intermediate host for the trematode Psilotrema acutilostris.
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the first intermediate host for the trematode Holostephanus nipponicus and for Echinochasmus spinosus.
Parafossarulus spiridonovi serves as the second intermediate host for the trematode Sphaeridiotrema monorchis.