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Lymnaea acuminata | |
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Lymnaea acuminata
Lamarck, 1822
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Lymnaea acuminata is a species of freshwater snail in the family Lymnaeidae. It is native to South Asia, where it occurs in Bangladesh, Burma, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. There it is a widespread and common species. [1]
This snail lives in water bodies such as lakes, streams, and wetlands with thick vegetation. It easily survives in polluted waters. [1]
Lymnaea acuminata is a host for many species of trematodes. It is the first intermediate host for Schistosoma nasale and S. spindale. [2] It is also an intermediate host for the liver flukes Fasciola gigantica and F. hepatica, which cause the infectious disease fasciolosis in humans and other mammals. [3]