title: Filopaludina javanica
text: # 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.
  
  