Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae are The first intermediate host of the liver fluke. That are causes of liver fluke. The morphology of the snails are difficult to Classification If non-experts The taxonomy of shellfish in particular. The identification of freshwater mussels in this family
A necessary basis for a better understanding of disease epidemiology. The analysis of the DNA barcode sequence or nucleotide The 5 'end of the gene COI The study used as key information in the taxonomic classification of organisms got a diverse group This research will focus on the use genetic information the Such used In the classification freshwater snails in the family Bithyniidae from Thailand the 10 species The analysis of shellfish samples 217 samples. Can specify 9 type of 10 type
It was found that the genetic differences within species averaged 2.3% While there are genetic differences between species in the same genus average of 8.7% In addition, research is shows that DNA barcoding can Distinguish species of land snail with medical importance of these, It also illustrates the appearance of cases of freshwater snails 2 type This is a name synonymous with each other.