Austropeplea ollula explained

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

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Korea
• Philippines^[1]

Parasites

In Korea, Austropeplea ollula serves as a first and main intermediate host for the trematode species Echinostoma cinetorchis from the family Echinostomatidae.^[2]

Austropeplea ollula also serves as first intermediate host for the fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense in Korea.^[3]

External links

• Photo of the shell of Austropeplea ollula
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091222132418/http://www.maff.go.jp/nouson/mizu_midori/frame/208f.html

Notes and References

1. Correa . A. C. . Escobar . J. S. . Durand . P. . Renaud . F. O. . David . P. . Jarne . P. . Pointier . J. P. . Hurtrez-Boussès . S. . 10.1186/1471-2148-10-381 . Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10 . 381 . 2010 . 21143890. 3013105 . free .
2. Chung . P. R. . Jung . Y. . Park . Y. K. . Hwang . M. K. . Austropeplea ollula (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae): A new molluscan intermediate host of a human intestinal fluke, Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Korea . 10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.247 . The Korean Journal of Parasitology . 39 . 3 . 247–253 . 2001 . 11590915. 2721074 .
3. Chung P-R., Jung Y., Park Y-K.& Hwang M-K. (2002) "Host specificity of Austropeplea ollula (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) to miracidial infection with a human intestinal fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae) in Korea". The Journal of Parasitology 88(3): 630-631. abstract