Intha umbilicalis

Intha umbilicalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Planorboidea
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Intha
Species:	I. umbilicalis
Binomial name
Intha umbilicalis (Benson, 1836)[2]
Synonyms[1]
Planorbis umbilicalis Benson, 1836 Hippeutis umbilicalis (Benson, 1836) Segmentina umbilicalis Germain, 1923

Intha umbilicalis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.

Distribution

Distribution map of Intha umbilicalis

This species is found in:

• Sri Lanka^[1]
• India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Jammu-Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal)^[1]
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• China
• Taiwan
• Myanmar
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Papua New Guinea^[1]

Ecology

Parasites of Intha umbilicalis include:

• Fasciolopsis buski^[1]
• Paragonimus westermani^[1]
• Gastrodiscoides hominis^[1]
• Cercaria helicorbisi^[1]

References

1. Budha P. B. (2010). "Intha umbilicalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 August 2014.
2. Benson W. B. (1836). "Descriptive catagogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society". Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal: 741-750.

External links

• Brandt R. A. M. (1974). "The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 105(1-4): 1-423.
• Subba Rao N. V. (1989). Handbook: Freshwater Molluscs of India. Zoological Survey of India, Culcutta.