Pseudosuccinea columella
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| Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) |
Pseudosuccinea columella, common name the American ribbed fluke snail, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
This snail is an intermediate host for Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, a parasite of livestock, especially sheep.
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[edit] Distribution
P. columella is native to North America. However, this snail has been introduced to Australia and Europe.[1]
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [2]
- Czech Republic - non-indigenous synantrop
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[edit] Parasites
In North America, P. columella is major intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica.[3] The species also serve as a snail host for Fascioloides magna.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Remigio, E.A., 2002. Molecular phylogenetic relationships in the aquatic snail genus Lymnaea, the intermediate host of the causative agent of fascioliasis: insights from broader taxon sampling. Parasitol Res. 88, 687-96.
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 22 July 2007.
- ^ Torgerson, P, Claxton J., 1999. Epidemiology and Control. In: Dalton JP (ed.) Fasciolosis. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 113–149.
- ^ Krull, W.H., 1933. New snail hosts for Fasciola magna (Bassi, 1875) Stiles, 1894. J Parasitol. 20, 107-108.
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