| Lymnaea tomentosa | |
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| Conservation status | |
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NE
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Lymnaea |
| Species: | L. tomentosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lymaea tomentosa (Pfeiffer, 1855) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Saccinea tomentosa Pfeiffer, 1855 |
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Lymnaea tomentosa is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.
This species lives in New Zealand.[1] These snails are found in both the North and South Islands, on aquatic plants in swamps, ponds and quiet waters generally, but not in fast-running streams.[1] They are also found as intermediate hosts for liver fluke in Australia, in particular South-East New South Wales. They are the only intermediate host for liver fluke in Australia.[2]
One subspecies exists:
Lymnaea tomentosa is an intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica.[3] Lymnaea tomentosa was also shown to be receptive to miracidia of Fasciola gigantica from East Africa, Malaysa and Indonesia under laboratory conditions.[3]