big-ear radix
radix auricularia latin

Radix auricularia, common name the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.

It has been reported that the most important intermediate host for Fasciola gigantica is Radix auricularia.

Various lymnaeid snails, including Radix auricularia, are vectors for a diverse range of parasites, particularly trematodes.

Freshwater shellfishes previously commonly seen in Japan became rare, but they were seen in the Palace, including Sphaerium Japonicum,a kind Viviparidae and Radix auricularia.