Lymnaea tomentosa | |
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Lymnaea tomentosa shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Lymnaeidae |
Genus: | Lymnaea |
Species: | L. tomentosa
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Binomial name | |
Lymnaea tomentosa (
L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
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Synonyms | |
Saccinea tomentosa Pfeiffer, 1855 |
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 and on aquatic plants in swamps, ponds, and quiet waters. [1] In Australia (in particular South-East New South Wales), this species was reported to serve as one of the most important intermediate hosts for liver fluke ( Fasciola hepatica). [2]
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, Malaysia and Indonesia under laboratory conditions. [3]