Heleobia castellanosae explained

Heleobia castellanosae is a species of small freshwater snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.

The specific name castellanosae is in honour of Argentinian malacologist Zulma Judith Ageitos de Castellanos.

Distribution

Argentina.^[1]

Ecology

Parasites of Heleobia castellanosae include trematodes Lobatostoma jungwirthi and Lobatostoma pacificum.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Rumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V. & Darrigran G. A. (2008). "Malacología Latinoamericana. Moluscos de agua dulce de Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical 56(1): 77-111. HTM.
2. Alevs. Philippe V.. Vieira. Fabiano M.. Santos. Cláudia P.. Scholz. Tomáš. Luque. José L.. 2015-02-12. A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World. Zootaxa. en. 3918. 3. 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. 1175-5334. 25781098. 339–96.