Filopaludina javanica facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Filopaludina javanica
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Viviparoidea
Family:	Viviparidae
Genus:	Filopaludina
Subgenus:	Siamopaludina
Species:	F. javanica
Binomial name
Filopaludina javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)
Synonyms
Vivipara javanica von dem Busch, 1844 Bellamya javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) Vivipara costata Quoy & Gimard, 1830-1835 Vivipara gratiosa Martens, 1897 Idiopoma javanica (von dem Busch, 1844) Siamopaludina javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)

Filopaludina javanica or Idiopoma javanica is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

Subspecies

There are recognized two subspecies:

• Filopaludina javanica javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)
• Filopaludina javanica continentalis or Idiopoma javanica continentalis Brandt, 1974

Distribution map of Filopaludina javanica

Distribution

This species is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Java).

Description

The height of the shell is 30–35 mm.

Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Filopaludina javanica from its type description.

An abapertural view.

A juvenile shell.

Ecology

This species inhabits ponds, rice fields and irrigation channels.

Parasites of Filopaludina javanica include Echinostoma echinatum (see also Beaver et al. 1984).

Human use

A dish of boiled Filopaludina javanica from West Java.

Filopaludina javanica is prepared by boiling and it used often as part of the cuisine of Java.