Galba cousini

Galba cousini
Apertural view of a shell of Galba cousini (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Lymnaeidae
Genus:	Galba
Species:	G. cousini
Binomial name
Galba cousini (Jousseaume, 1887)
Synonyms [1] [2]
Limnaea selliPreston, 1907 (a junior synonym) Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935 [3] Lymnaea cousiniJousseaume, 1887

Galba cousini is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. ^[4]

Description

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.

References

1. "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 16 September 2012.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. Celi-Erazo, Maritza; Alda, Pilar; Montenegro-Franco, María; Pavon, Diego; Minda-Aluisa, Elizabeth; Calvopiña, Manuel; Pointier, Jean Pierre; Hurtrez-Boussès, Sylvie; Cevallos, William; Benítez-Ortíz, Washington; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Richar (April 2020). "Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica infection in Galba cousini and Galba schirazensis from an Andean region of Ecuador". Veterinary Parasitology, Regional Studies and Reports. 20 100390. doi:10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100390. ISSN   2405-9390. PMID   32448532.

• 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

• 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. doi : 10.1186/1756-3305-4-132 .