Bithynia funiculata

Bithynia funiculata is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Previously (for example WHO 1995) considered this taxon to be a subspecies of Bithynia siamensis, however, Bithynia funiculata is treated as a separate species in the 2012 IUCN Red List.

Distribution of this species includes:

• Thailand

Bithynia funiculata is an intermediate host for:

• The cat liver fluke Opisthorchis tenuicollis
• This species transfers echinostomiasis.
• Some references also mention also the trematode Opisthorchis viverrini as a first intermediate host.