Tauphaedusa tau
| Tauphaedusa tau | |
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| Tauphaedusa tau | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Tribe: | Phaedusini |
| Genus: | Tauphaedusa |
| Species: | T. tau
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| Binomial name | |
| Tauphaedusa tau (O. Boettger, 1877)
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Tauphaedusa tau is a species of land snail belonging to the subfamily Phaedusinae of the family Clausiliidae.[1] The species was first described in 1877 by Oskar Boettger as Clausilia tau.[1][2]
It is viviparous.[3]
It is found in Japan, China and Taiwan.[4]
In Japan, these snails are known to host Riccardoella mites in their lungs,[5] and they also host trematodes of the family, Dicrocoeliidae.[6] In Hawaii, they have been found to host Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasite which if transferred to humans can lead to eosinophilic meningitis, causing neurological damage, and possibly death.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tauphaedusa tau (O. Boettger, 1877)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ Boettger, O. (1877). Diagnosen neuer Clausilienformen. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 9 (6): 65-76 [70]. Frankfurt am Main BHL page 30977619
- ^ Ewa Stworzewicz; Anna Sulikowska-Drozd (2020). "New records of Clausiliidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with notes on their reproductive strategy" (PDF). Folia Malacologica. 28 (1): 77–83. doi:10.12657/FOLMAL.028.003. ISSN 1506-7629. Wikidata Q123019590.
- ^ "Tauphaedusa tau (O.Boettger, 1877)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
- ^ Tsukasa Waki; Shimpei F. Hiruta; Satoshi Shimano (27 March 2018). "A new species of the genus Riccardoella (Acari: Prostigmata: Ereynetidae) from the land snail Tauphaedusa tau (Gastropoda: Clausliidae) in Japan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4402 (1): 163–174. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4402.1.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29690283. Wikidata Q55629219.
- ^ Tsukasa Waki; Minoru Nakao; Kei Hayashi; Hiromi Ikezawa; Norio Tsutumi (29 August 2018). "MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DISCRIMINATION OF DICROCOELIID LARVAE (TREMATODA: DIGENEA) FROM TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSKS IN JAPAN". Journal of Parasitology. doi:10.1645/18-24. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 30117780. Wikidata Q90998703.
- ^ Matthew C I Medeiros; Randi L Rollins; Ma Vida Echaluse; Robert H Cowie (16 July 2020). "Species Identity and Size are Associated with Rat Lungworm Infection in Gastropods". EcoHealth. doi:10.1007/S10393-020-01484-X. ISSN 1612-9202. PMID 32676832. Wikidata Q97533365.
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