Galba neotropica (Bargues, Artigas, Mera y Sierra, Pointier & Mas-Coma, 2007)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: ÁGUA DOCE

FAMÍLIA: LYMNAEIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Galba neotropica (Bargues, Artigas, Mera y Sierra, Pointier & Mas-Coma, 2007)

Tamanho médio: 5.89 – 8.74  mm

Habitat: nd

Ocorrência: Peru (Província de Lima, Rio Rimac e Rio Lurin)

Localidade tipo: Peru, “irrigation canals running from the Rio Rimac, near Lima and Callao” 

Nome original: Lymnaea neotropica Bargues, Artigas, Mera y Sierra, Pointier & Mas-Coma, 2007

Nomes sinonimizados: Lymnaea viatrix var. B elongata D’Orbigny, 1835

Fotos: (1) Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris: HOLOTYPE MNHN 2000-25081, Lima, Rio Lurin

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Lymnaea neotropica Bargues, Artigas, Mera y Sierra, Pointier & Mas-Coma, 2007) Bargues, M. D.; Artigas, P.; Mera y Sierra, R. L.; Pointier, J. P.; Mas-Coma, S. (2007). Characterisation ofLymnaea cubensis,L. viatrixandL. neotropican. sp., the main vectors ofFasciola hepaticain Latin America, by analysis of their ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 101(7): 621-641., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.1179/136485907×229077
página(s): 633-634, fig. 2

Pointier J.P. (ed.). (2015). Freshwater molluscs of Venezuela and their medical and veterinary importance. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 228 pp

MNHN, Chagnoux S (2025). The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN – Paris). Version 70.420. MNHN – Museum national d’Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xgoxap accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-05-30. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1019693366

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848617