Английская Википедия:Galba neotropica

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

This species was described as Lymnaea neotropica in 2007.[1] However, it belongs to the Galba/Fossaria group,[1][2] therefore this species is named Galba neotropica. cf.[3][2][4]

Galba neotropica is the vector typically responsible for fascioliasis (liver fluke) livestock infection.[5]

Distribution

Galba neotropica was originally described from Lima, Peru and surroundings;[1] it appears to be a species restricted to South America, but with a very broad geographical distribution from Argentina in the Southern Cone north to Venezuela.[5]

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The maximum length of the shell of this species is 10.36 mm.[5] Whorls are convex.[5] The columella is slightly curved and unfolded.[5]

An examination of tentacles, eyes and colour in living specimens has never performed.[5]

In the radula, the first bilateral teeth are bicuspid but occasionally they are tricuspid or rarely quadricuspid.[5] The praeputium/penis sheath length ratio is 1.10–3.90 mm (mean 2.12–2.70 mm).[5]

Two species that have a similar morphology are Galba truncatula and Galba schirazensis.[5] Although several phenotypic characteristics are somewhat helpful for a preliminary specimen classification, a definitive classification of a specimen can only be obtained by the sequencing of at least one of the molecular markers used: ITS-2, ITS-1, 16S and cox1.[5]

Ecology

Galba neotropica is sometimes amphibious.[5] The habitat of Galba neotropica rarely[5] also includes artificial water bodies.[7]

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An artificial pond in Mendoza Province, Argentina
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An artificial irrigation channel, Mendoza Province, Argentina

These snails hatch from eggs. The shape of the egg cluster is rounded to oval when containing few eggs; when the clutch includes more eggs there is lengthening with a slight curving trend.[5] There are about 4–16 eggs in each cluster.[5]

Parasites of Galba neotropica include:

  • Fasciola hepatica.[6] The transmission capacity of Fasciola hepatica to humans is low, however, the transmission capacity of Fasciola hepatica to animals is high.[5]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[5] Шаблон:Reflist

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Bargues 2007 не указан текст
  2. 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite journal.
  3. Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок ncbi не указан текст
  4. Шаблон:Cite journal
  5. 5,00 5,01 5,02 5,03 5,04 5,05 5,06 5,07 5,08 5,09 5,10 5,11 5,12 5,13 5,14 5,15 5,16 Шаблон:Cite journal, table 2.
  6. 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite journal.
  7. Шаблон:Cite journal