page_title: Semisulcospira libertina
section_title: Parasites
hierarchical_section_title: Semisulcospira libertina / Ecology / Parasites
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: Luciola_cruciata：ゲンジボタル幼虫 2011/02/27 和歌山県田辺市：Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref. Japan
context_page_description: Semisulcospira libertina is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae. Widespread in east Asia, it lives in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. In some countries it is harvested as a food source. It is medically important as a vector of clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, metagonimiasis and others.
context_section_description: Parasites of Semisulcospira libertina include the following flukes. Some of them are medically important:
  Opisthorchiidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Clonorchis sinensis in China.
  Paragonimidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Paragonimus westermani.
  Heterophyidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Metagonimus miyatai and Metagonimus yokogawai.
  Heterophyidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Centrocestus armatus and Centrocestus formosanus.
  Philopthalmidae: Cercariae of Philophthalmus sp. were found in Semisulcospira libertina in Japan.
  Liolopidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Liolope copulans.
  Derogenidae: Cercariae of Genarchopsis goppo were found in Semisulcospira libertina in Japan.
  Lecithodendriidae: Semisulcospira libertina serves as the first intermediate host for Acanthatrium hitaensis.
  Shinagawa et al. (2001) studied the metabolism and activity of Semisulcospira libertina infected by trematodes.
  Bacteria Neorickettsia risticii was detected in cercaria from Semisulcospira libertina in Korea.
caption: Larva of Japanese firefly Luciola cruciata is a predator of Semisulcospira libertina.
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