Orientogalba ollula
species of mollusc
Orientogalba ollula is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, thin, and oval in shape, with a greenish horn-like color and a somewhat unpolished surface. It has about four and a half whorls, the last of which is swollen or rounded. The aperture is roundly oval, and the columella is simple, being covered posteriorly with a broad callus.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Korea
Japan
Philippines
Parasites
In Korea, Orientogalba ollula serves as a first and main intermediate host for the trematode species Echinostoma cinetorchis from the family Echinostomatidae.
Orientogalba ollula also serves as first intermediate host for the fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense in Korea.
References
Yen, T.-C. (1937). The non-marine gastropods of North China. Part II. Publications du Musée Hoangho Paiho de Tien Tsin.
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