dangerous to humans. Pinto & de Melo (2011) compiled a checklist of 37 species of trematode parasites from this species of snail. Eleven of those trematodes are also parasites of human. These snails serve as first intermediate host for parasites which include: Clonorchis sinensis – Chinese liver fluke Centrocestus formosanus Paragonimus westermani – Oriental lung fluke Paragonimus kellicotti Angiostrongylus cantonensis Loxogenoides bicolor Transversotrema laruei Sticiodora tridactyl Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus Philophthalmus gralli Philophthalmus distomatosa Haplorchis pumilio Haplorchis sp. Metagonimus Diorchitrema formosanum unknown species in Schistosomatidae This species is a host for a trematode parasite which has been found to infect an endangered species of fish in Texas, the fountain darter. Agricultural pests Red-rimmed melanias can sometimes be an agricultural pest species, as has been reported on Chinese cabbage plantations in Hong Kong. Aquaria Red-rimmed melanias are quite commonly found in freshwater aquaria, but opinion in the hobby is divided between those who see them as a pest species, and those who value their usefulness as algae-eaters and substrate-cleaners. Synonyms Malanoides tuberculata [sic] misspelling Melania (Melanoides) tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternate representation Melania (Stenomelania) rustica Mousson, 1857 junior subjective synonym Melania (Striatella) tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternate representation Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. flavida G. Nevill, 1885 junior subjective synonym Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. luteomarginata G. Nevill, 1885 junior subjective synonym † Melania (Striatella) woodwardi K. Martin, 1905 junior subjective synonym Melania baldwini Ancey, 1899 junior subjective synonym Melania beryllina Brot, 1860 junior subjective synonym Melania cancellata Say, 1829 junior subjective synonym Melania commersoni Morelet, 1860 junior subjective synonym † Melania distinguenda Brot, 1876 junior subjective synonym Melania dominula Tapparone Canefri, 1883 junior subjective synonym Melania exusta Reeve, 1859 junior subjective synonym Melania flammigera Dunker, 1844 junior subjective synonym Melania floricoma Reeve, 1859 junior subjective synonym Melania flyensis Tapparone Canefri, 1883 junior subjective synonym Melania gracilina A. Gould, 1859 junior subjective synonym Melania inhambanica E. von Martens, 1860 junior subjective synonym Melania javanica Brot, 1877 junior subjective synonym Melania judaica J. R. Roth, 1855 junior subjective synonym Melania layardi Dohrn, 1858 junior subjective synonym Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883 junior subjective synonym Melania malayana Brot, 1877 junior subjective synonym Melania mauriciae Lesson, 1831 junior subjective synonym Melania moesta Hinds, 1844junior subjective synonym Melania nicobarica Tapparone Canefri, 1883 junior subjective synonym Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842 junior homonym (invalid, not Michaud, 1828) Melania pellicens Tapparone Canefri, 1883 junior subjective