Omphiscola glabra
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Lymnaea glabra |
Omphiscola glabra, Omphiscola glabra, (formerly known as Lymnaea glabra) is a species of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.[1]
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[edit] Distribution
This European snail can be found from southern Scandinavia to southern Spain.
[edit] Habitat
It lives in places such as swampy meadows and ditches.[2]
[edit] Shell description
The height of the shell is up to 15 mm and the width of the shell is up to 5,5 mm.[3]
[edit] Parasites
O. glabra can serve as intermediate host of several digenean trematodes. In France, O. glabra naturally infected with Fasciola hepatica [4], Paramphistomum daubnei [5], Haplometra cylindracea. [6] Moreover, recent report suggested that the species is also susceptible to Fascioloides magna infection. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ Glöer, P., 2002. Überfamilie Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque 1815. Familie Lymnaeidae Lamarck 1812. In: Glöer P. (ed) Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord-und Mitteleuropas. Bestimmungschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 73. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, pp 200–232.
- ^ Rondelaud, D., Vignoles, P., Dreyfuss, G., 2001. First field observations on the aestivation of Omphiscola glabra (Gastropoda, Lymnaeida) uninfected or infected with Fasciola hepatica in central France. Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. 39, 129-133.
- ^ Jackiewicz, M., 2000. Blotniarky Europy (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae). Wydawnictwo Kontekst, Poznań. 115 pp.
- ^ Dreyfuss, G., Vignoles, P., Rondelaud, D., 2003. Natural infections of Omphiscola glabra with Fasciola hepatica in central France. Parasitology Research 91, 458–461.
- ^ Abrous, M., Rondelaud, D., Dreyfuss, G., Kabaret, J., 1999. Infection of Lymnaea truncatula and Lymnaea glabra by Fasciola hepatica and Paramphistomum daubneyi in farms of central France. Vet. Res. 30, 113-118.
- ^ Goumghar, M.D., Abrous, M., Ferdonnet, D., Dreyfuss, G., Rondelaud, D. 2000. Prevalence of Haplometra cylindracea infection in three species of Lymnaea snails in central France. Parasitol. Res. 86, 337–339.
- ^ Rondelaud, D., Novobilský, A., Vignoles, P., Treuil, P., Koudela, B., Dreyfuss, G., 2006. First studies on the susceptibility of Omphiscola glabra (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) from central France to Fascioloides magna. Parasitol. Res. 98, 299–303.
