Lymnaea tomentosa tomentosa

Taxobox
name = "Lymnaea tomentosa tomentosa"


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status = NE
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Lymnaeidae
genus = "Lymnaea"
species = "L. tomentosa"
subspecies = "L. tomentosa tomentosa"
trinomial = "Lymnaea tomentosa tomentosa"
trinomial_authority = (Pfeiffer, 1855)
synonyms = "Saccinea tomentosa" Pfeiffer, 1855
"Limnaea arguta" Hutton, 1885
"Limnaea ampulla" Hutton, 1885
"Limnaea tomentosa" Hutton, 1885
"Amphipeplea ampulla globosa" Suter, 1891
"Myxas ampulla waikariensis" umber, 1941
"Limnaea tomentosa" Climo and Pullan, 1972
"Austropeplea" ("Lymnaea") "tomentosa"

"Lymnaea tomentosa tomentosa" is a freshwater gastropod of the family Lymnaeidae, endemic to New Zealand. They are found in both the North and South Islands, on aquatic plants in swamps, ponds and quiet waters generally, but not in fast running streams.

The shell is rather small, with a relatively short spire and capacious aperture. The species is a known an experimental intermediate host for the American liver fluke "Fascioloides magna" [Foreyt, W.J., Todd, A.C., 1974. Lymnaea tomentosa from Australia, an experimental intermediate host of the large American liver fluke, Fascioloides magna. Aust Vet J 50, 471–472.] .

Coloration is pale olive-green.

Height is up to 13 mm, and width 9 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1