Chromosome-level genome assembly of the freshwater snail Bellamya purificata(Caenogastropoda)

DEAR EDITOR,Bellamya purificata(Gastropoda:Caenogastropoda;Architaenioglossa;Viviparidae:Bellamyinae;Sinotaia),a homotypic synonym of S.purificata,is widely distributed in freshwater habitats in Asia.It is an economically important edible snail and plays a vital function in freshwater wetland ecology.However,genomic resources for this snail are lacking and no reference genome has been released.In this study,we constructed the first chromosome-level genome of B.purificata using PacBio long-read sequencing and high-throughput chromosome conformation capture(Hi-C)technology.