Biology:Austropeplea ollula

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Austropeplea ollula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
A. ollula
Binomial name
Austropeplea ollula
(Gould, 1859)[citation needed]

Austropeplea ollula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

Parasites

In Korea, Austropeplea ollula serves as a first and main intermediate host for the trematode species Echinostoma cinetorchis from the family Echinostomatidae.[2]

Austropeplea ollula also serves as first intermediate host for the fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense in Korea.[3]

References

  1. Correa, A. C.; Escobar, J. S.; Durand, P.; Renaud, F. O.; David, P.; Jarne, P.; Pointier, J. P.; Hurtrez-Boussès, S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 381. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-381. PMID 21143890. 
  2. Chung, P. R.; Jung, Y.; Park, Y. K.; Hwang, M. K. (2001). "Austropeplea ollula (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae): A new molluscan intermediate host of a human intestinal fluke, Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Korea". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 39 (3): 247–253. doi:10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.247. PMID 11590915. 
  3. Chung P-R., Jung Y., Park Y-K.& Hwang M-K. (2002) "Host specificity of Austropeplea ollula (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) to miracidial infection with a human intestinal fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae) in Korea". The Journal of Parasitology 88(3): 630-631. abstract

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4825754 entry