Complete mitochondrial genome of the freshwater snail Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816) (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Thiaridae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 The freshwater gastropod Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1816) is found in Taiwan, Hainan, and Guangdong provinces in China, and is one of the main intermediate hosts of trematodes that infect humans.
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Are Freshwater Snails, Melanoides sp. and Invasive Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) Suitable Intermediate Hosts for Calicophoron microbothrium (Trematoda: Paramphistomoidea)? An Experimental Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Prosobranch snails and adult Paramphistomoidea flukes were collected from water bodies and cattle abattoir located in Mpumalanga province of South Africa, respectively. The snails were identified based on morphological characters as well as the ITS-2 and
Mokgadi P. Malatji +4 more
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DNA barcoding indicates multiple invasions of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata sensu lato in Florida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Melanoides tuberculata sensu lato (Thiaridae) are polymorphic female-clonal snails of Asian and African origins that have invaded freshwaters worldwide, including those in Florida. Although the snails have been documented in Florida for at least 70 years,
Lori R Tolley-Jordan +2 more
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Are Melanoides tuberculata and Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda, Thiaridae), suitable first intermediate hosts of Clonorchis sinensis in Vietnam? [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 BackgroundTwo thiarid snail species, Melanoides tuberculata and Tarebia granifera have been reported as first intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis; however, their role as true first intermediate hosts has not been verified. Thus, the
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What Do We Know About Non-Native, Invasive, and Transplanted Aquatic Mollusks in South America? [PDF]
BiologyGlobal awareness of introduced species as one of the primary drivers of biodiversity change—causing environmental impacts, and economic and social effects—emphasizes the need to enhance our understanding of these species.
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A survey of freshwater and terrestrial snails in a predominantly urban municipality of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with emphasis on human parasites vectors [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018 Many snail species act as intermediate hosts of helminths that transmit diseases to humans and animals, such as schistosomiasis and angiostrongyliasis.
Tassiana Pereira Tomaz +4 more
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Established but not spreading: the tropical invasive snail Melanoides tuberculata in a geothermally warmed channel in temperate Southern Pampas [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023 Melanoides tuberculata is a freshwater snail native to Old World tropical areas but has invaded tropical and subtropical regions around the world. In Argentina, populations established in natural environments were reported from northeastern tropical ...
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Environmental Smoke, 2023 This paper records the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata in a limnetic ecosystem located in integral protection area in the semiarid region of the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil.
Evandro Cosmo Tomaz Abreu +6 more
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ANÁLISIS PRELIMINAR DEL BENTOS DEL NORESTE DEL LAGO DE COATEPEQUE, EL SALVADOR
Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2023 El conocimiento de la biodiversidad acuática de ecosistemas lénticos es escaso en muchas regiones del mundo. Por ello, se consideró importante realizar evaluaciones preliminares de la fauna bentónica de poca profundidad en tres franjas subacuáticas de ...
José Enrique Barraza Sandoval +1 more
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A glimpse in the dark? A first phylogenetic approach in a widespread freshwater snail from tropical Asia and northern Australia (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae) [PDF]
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2019 Thiaridae are a speciose group of freshwater snails in tropical areas including a high number of described nominal taxa for which modern revisions are mostly lacking.
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