Galba cousini
Species of gastropod
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Galba cousini is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[4]
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| Galba cousini | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Galba cousini (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Galba |
| Species: | G. cousini |
| Binomial name | |
| Galba cousini (Jousseaume, 1887) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry, 1935[3] | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 13.8 mm. Galba cousini are intermediate hosts of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica, the causal agent of fasciolosis, a zoonotic parasitic disease.[5]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.
