Radix rubiginosa

Radix rubiginosa is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Radix auricularia.

Distribution

This species occurs in its native range in:

Indo-China
Indonesia
Vietnam - it was firstly identified in Vietnam in 2013 in southern Vietnam.

It occurs as an introduced "hothouse alien" in:

Description

The shape of the shell is elongated and cylindrical. The shell has 5 whorls.
The aperture is moderately expanded. The width of the aperture is 4–5 mm. The height of the aperture is 7–11 mm.
The width of the shell is 5–8 mm. The height of the shell is 11–20 mm.

Habitat

This species inhabits small canals.

Parasites

Parasites of Radix rubiginosa include:Radix rubiginosa is the first intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideumFasciola giganticaEchninoparyphium dunni and Echinostoma audyi

Pleurolophocercous cercariae were recorded from Radix rubiginosa in China.

Human use

This species is sold in the ornamental pet trade as an item for freshwater aquaria.