Juga plicifera
Juga plicifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Semisulcospiridae |
Genus: | Juga |
Species: | J. plicifera |
Binomial name | |
Juga plicifera (I. Lea, 1838) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Goniobasis plicifera |
Juga plicifera, common name pleated juga,[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Distribution
Distribution of Juga plicifera include Oregon and Washington, USA.[2]
Ecology
Juga plicifera serves as an intermediate host for Nanophyetus salmincola.[1]
References
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