Natural infection of the land snails Xerolenta obvia, Zebrina detrita, and Monacha samsunensis by Brachylaima sp. metacercariae in Kastamonu, Turkey

Authors : Fatma Mohamed Abdualrazig Khalifa ISMAIL, Gözde GÜRELLİ

Pages : 152-157

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study investigated the prevalence of infection, and some of its morphological features, of the land snails Xerolenta obvia, Zebrina detrita, and Monacha samsunensis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Mollusca: Pulmonata); by metacercariae of Brachylaima sp. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Trematoda: Brachylaimidae); in Kastamonu, Turkey. The land snails were collected in spring and autumn. The prevalence rates of infection by metacercariae of Brachylaima sp. were 5.74%, 1.68%, and 17.35% in X. obvia, Z. detrita, and M. samsunensis, respectively. This study reports for the first time the natural occurrence of Brachylaima sp. unencysted metacercariae in the hepatopancreas of these three land snails.
Keywords : Brachylaima sp, metacercariae, Monacha samsunensis, Xerolenta obvia, Zebrina detrita, Turkey