Filopaludina javanica
# Filopaludina javanica

Filopaludina javanica or Idiopoma javanica is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.

## Subspecies

There are recognized two subspecies:

* Filopaludina javanica javanica (von dem Busch, 1844)
* Filopaludina javanica continentalis or Idiopoma javanica continentalis Brandt, 1974

## Distribution

This species is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Java).

## Description

The height of the shell is 30–35 mm.

| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Filopaludina javanica from its type description. | An abapertural view. | A juvenile shell. |
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## Ecology

This species inhabits ponds, rice fields and irrigation channels.

Parasites of Filopaludina javanica include Echinostoma echinatum (see also Beaver et al. 1984).

## Human use

Filopaludina javanica is prepared by boiling and it used often as part of the cuisine of Java.

