Tricula hortensis explained

Tricula hortensis is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.

Distribution

This species of freshwater snail occurs in China.

Genetics

The complete mitochondrial genome of Tricula hortensis was published in 2010.^[1] Its length is 15,179 nucleotides and it contains 13 genes.^[1]

Parasites

Tricula hortensis is an intermediate host for Schistosoma sinensium.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Zhao Q. P., Zhang S. H., Deng Z. R., Jiang M. S. & Nie P. (2010). "Conservation and variation in mitochondrial genomes of gastropods Oncomelania hupensis and Tricula hortensis, intermediate host snails of Schistosoma in China". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 215-226. .