Oncomelania hupensis

{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Oncomelania hupensis | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | subclassis = Orthogastropoda | superordo = Caenogastropoda | ordo = Sorbeoconcha | subordo = Hypsogastropoda | infraordo = Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Rissooidea | familia = unknown | genus = Oncomelania | genus_authority = | date = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Species Oncomelania hupensis
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Oncomelania hupensis and its subspecies Oncomelania hupensis hupensis are snails. The two species are important vectors of parasiticinfection in the tropics and sub-tropics. Schistosomablood flukes and paragonimuslung flukes use O. hupensis as a host during part of their normal life cycle.

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