Lymnaea (Bullastra) cumingiana, the newly discovered natural second intermediate host of Echinostoma malayanum in the Philippines, is a sensitive and delicate lymnaeid species which requires certain conditions for successful transport from the field and cultivation in the laboratory. Field collected specimens were found to be best transported in styrofoam containers lined with wet filter paper ...

Introduction Lymnaea gedrosiana snails are hosts to a variety of trematode cercaria public and veterinary health importance. In Guilan Province, Iran, region with high level fish bird farming wetlands important for migratory birds, little is known about the from L. . Methods From April 2020 October 2021, six freshwater sites in Province were sampled Lymnaeidae three times per season (spring, su...

Molluscs have played important role in strengthening our knowledge of fundamental processes in developmental biology, with the common pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis contributing greatly to this body of literature for nearly a century (Gatenby, 1919; Sturtevant, 1923; Canton and Sloof, 1977). The morphological, morphometric and behavioral aspects of development of L. stagnalis have been well docum...

The molluscicidal activity of essential oils from two endemic (Juniperus brevifolia; Laurus azorica) and three introduced (Hedychium gardnerianum; Pittosporum undulatum; Psidium cattleianum) Azorean plants against the snail Radix peregra was studied under laboratory conditions. Essential oils from leaves of H. gardnerianum, L. azorica and J.brevifolia presented promising molluscicidal activity ...

BACKGROUND Human Echinostomiasis is an intestinal disease caused by the members of family Echinostomatidae parasites. The aim of present research was to identify echinostomatidae cercariae emitted by Lymnaea palustris snails from Mazandaran province in the north of Iran based on the morphological and morphometrical characteristics of the different stages of experimental parasite life cycle. M...