Galba cousini
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| Galba cousini | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Galba cousini (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Galba |
| Species: | G. cousini
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| Binomial name | |
| Galba cousini (Jousseaume, 1887)
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935[1] | |
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Galba cousini is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[4]
Description
[edit | edit source]The length of the shell attains 13.8 mm. Galba cousini are intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica, the causal agent of fasciolosis, a zoonotic parasitic disease.[5]
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1935). "South American land and freshwater mollusks. IX - Colombian species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87: 83-88.
- ^ "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 16 September 2012.
- ^ Velasquez L. E. (2006]. "Synonymy between Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935 and Lymnaea cousini Jousseaume, 1887 (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)". Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 101: 795-799. PDF.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716335 on 2020-12-14
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- Pilsbry, H. A. (1935). South American land and freshwater mollusks. 9. Colombian species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 87: 83–88.
- Pointier J.P. (ed.). (2015). Freshwater molluscs of Venezuela and their medical and veterinary importance. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 228 pp
External links
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- Jousseaume, F., 1887. - Mollusques nouveaux de la république de l'Equateur. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 12: 165-186
- Preston, H.B. (1907). Descriptions of new species of land and freshwater shells from Central and South America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (7) 20 (120): 490-498. London.
- Bargues M. D., Artigas P., Khoubbane M. & Mas-Coma S. (2011). "DNA sequence characterisation and phylogeography of Lymnaea cousini and related species, vectors of fascioliasis in northern Andean countries, with description of L. meridensis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)". Parasites & Vectors 4: 132. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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