Radix rubiginosa (Michelin, 1831)

Ng, Ting Hui, Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Chhuoy, Samol, Pin, Kakada, Pholyotha, Arthit, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Hogan, Zeb S. & Ngor, Peng Bun, 2020, Annotated checklist of freshwater molluscs from the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 958, pp. 107-141 : 107

Radix rubiginosa (Michelin, 1831) Fig. 5P

Lymnoeus rubiginosus Michelin, 1831: Moll. no. 22, pl. 22. Type locality: "Indes Orientales" (from Brandt 1974).

Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia rubiginosa : Brandt 1974: 229-230, pl. 16, fig. 95.

Material examined.

ZRC.MOL.015753, ZRC.MOL.015754.

Distribution and habitat.

At the edges of irrigation ponds and swampy grounds in Banteay Meanchey Province (locality no. 3).

Remarks.

Radix rubiginosa is a cosmopolitan species, widely distributed from Indo-China to Sundaland ( Hubendick 1951; Brandt 1974) and is known to be a host of numerous zoonotic parasites ( Brandt 1974; TROPMED Medical Group 1986). However, we only encountered the species at one locality.

Figures

Figure 5. Freshwater gastropods of the Tonle Sap basin, Cambodia A Pila gracilis B Pila pesmei C Pila virescens D Pomacea maculata E Filopaludina martensi cambodjensis F Idiopoma umbilicata G Mekongia rattei H Trochotaia trochoides I Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus J Wattebledia siamensis K Anentome cambojiensis L Anentome helena M Sulcospira housei N Melanoides tuberculata O Indoplanorbis exustus and P Radix rubiginosa. Scale bars: 10 mm, unless stated otherwise. Photographs by TH Ng.