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Table 1 The distribution of snails that can transmit parasitic diseases and the parasites they can carry

From: Snail-borne parasitic diseases: an update on global epidemiological distribution, transmission interruption and control methods

Categories

Distribution

Ac

Cs

Fb

Fh

Of

Ov

Pw

Sh

Si

Sj

Smal

Sman

Smek

References

Achatinidae

Achatina fulica

East Africa, America, Brazil, China, Guam, India, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Pacific Islands, Seychelles, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zanzibar

+

[21, 22, 77]

Ampullariidae

Pila ampullacea

Thailand

+

[21]

Pi. angelica

Thailand

+

[22]

Pi. gracilis

Thailand

+

[21]

Pi. pesmei

Thailand

+

[23]

Pi. polita

Thailand

+

[21]

Pi. scutata

Malaysia

+

[21]

Pi. turbinis

Thailand

+

[21]

Pomacea canaliculata

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, California, China, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Nyaya, North Korea, Paraguay, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Texas, Thailand, Uruguay, Vietnam

+

[21, 77]

Po. lineata

Brazil

+

[3]

Ancylidae

Ferrissia tenuis

India

+

[100]

Ariophantidae

Girasia peguensis

China

+

[21]

Hemiplecta distincta

Thailand

+

[23]

Microparmarion malayanus

Burma, Malaysia

+

[21]

Assimineidae

Assiminea latericea

China

+

[11]

Bithyniidae

Alocinma longicornis

China

+

[11]

Bithynia fuchsiania

China

+

[12]

Bit. funiculate

Laos, Thailand

+

[13]

Bit. goniompharus

Laos, Thailand

+

[13]

Bit. inflate

+

Bit. leachi

Germany

+

+

[14]

Bit. misella

China

+

[12]

Bit. siamensis

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand

+

[13, 15]

Bit. troscheli

Russia

+

[16]

Parafossarulus eximius

China

+

[17]

Pa. striatulus

China

+

[12]

Pa. sinensis

China

+

[18]

Pa. anomalospiralis

China

+

[19]

Pa. manchouricus

China, Japan, Korea

+

[20]

Bradybaenida

Bradybaena despecta

China, East Timor, Japan, Myanmar

+

[21]

Br. ravida

China, North Korea, Japan, Russia,

+

[21]

Br. circulus

Japan

+

[21]

Br. similaris

China, Brazil, East Timor, Japan, Pacific Islands

+

[21, 101]

Euhadra quaesita

Japan

+

[21]

Plectotropis applanata

China

+

[21]

Buccinidae

Clea helena

Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

+

[23, 102]

Camaenidae

Satsuma mercatoria

Pacific Islands

+

[21]

Camaena cicatricosa

China, Japan, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Vietnam

+

[21]

Cyclophoridae

Pupina complanata

America, Malaysia

+

[21]

Helicarionidae

Parmarion martensi

Japan, Hawaii

+

[103]

Lymnaeidae

Fossaria cubensis

America, Bolivia, Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela

+

[43]

Galba cousin

Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

+

[43]

G. glaticallsformis

+

G. pervia

China

+

+

[44]

G. truncatula

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Venezuela

+

+

[43, 45,46,47, 104, 105]

Lymnaea bulimoides

Mexico

+

[46]

Ly. diaphana

Argentina, Chile, Peru

+

[43]

Ly. fuscus

Sweden

+

[48]

Ly. humilis

Mexico

+

[46]

Ly. japonica

+

Ly. neotropica

Argentina, Peru

+

[43]

Ly. obrussa

Mexico

+

[46]

Ly. ollula

Japan, Korea

+

[49]

Ly. palustris

Sweden

+

+

[21, 48]

Ly. rupestris

Brazil

+

[43]

Ly. tomentosa

Australia

+

[50]

Ly. viatrix

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay

+

[43, 46]

Ly. viridis

Australia, China, Korea, Vietnam

+

[49, 50]

Omphiscola glabra

France, Germany, Italy

+

[45, 47]

Pseudosuccinea columella

Africa, Australia, Caribbean Islands, Central America, Europe, New Zealand, North America, South America, Tahiti

+

[10, 51]

Radix auricularia

China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Korea, Poland,

+

+

[11, 47, 52, 53]

Ra. lagotis

Austria, China, Czech Republic

+

+

[11, 45]

Ra. natalensis

Egypt, Senegal

+

+

[54]

Ra. ovata (Ra. peregra)

Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands

+

+

[45, 47, 53]

Ra. plicatula

+

+

Ra. swinhoei

China, Japan, Poland, Thailand, Vietnam

+

[55]

Stagnicola palustris

Italy

+

[47]

Physidae

Physa acuta

Japan, Peru

+

[21, 106]

Planorbidae

Biomphalaria alexandrina

Egypt, Libya, Sudan

+

[24]

Bio. amazonica

+

Bio. andecola

+

Bio. arabica

Saudi Arabia

+

[25]

Bio. camerunensis

Cameroon

+

[26]

Bio. choanomphala

Albert, Kyoga, Victoria

+

[27]

Bio. glabrata

Caribbean Islands, south America

+

[24]

Bio. helophila

Cuba, Peru

+

+

[28, 106]

Bio. intermedia

+

Bio. kuhniana

China, Venezuela

+

[29]

Bio. obstructa

Cuba

+

[28]

Bio. occidentalis

+

Bio. peregrine

+

Bio. pfeiffei

Africa, Chad

+

[30]

Bio. prona

+

Bio. schrommi

+

Bio. smithi

Lake Edward

+

[27]

Bio. stanleyi

Lake Albert

+

[27]

Bio. straminea

Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, China, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Paraguay, St Lucia, Uruguay

+

[29]

Bio. sudanica

lakes and rivers through central and eastern Africa

+

[31]

Bio. temascalensis

+

Bio. tenagophila

Brazil

+

[29]

Bulinus africanus

Kenya

+

[32]

Bu. bavayi

Madagascar

+

[33]

Bu. beccari

Saudi Arabia

+

[25]

Bu. camerunensis

Cameroon

+

[34]

Bu. contortus

Portugal

+

[35]

Bu. crystallinus

+

Bu. forakalii

Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Rhodesia, Senegal, Tanzania, Zaire

+

+

[25, 30, 36]

Bu. globosus

Cameroon, Kenya, Lake Victoria area, Nigeria, Pemba, Senegal, Unguja Island, Zanzibar

+

+

[32, 34, 37, 38]

Bu. liratus

Madagascar

+

[33]

Bu. nasutus

Kenya, Zanzibar

+

[32, 37]

Bu. nyassanus

Denmark, Malawi

+

[39]

Bu. obtusispira

Madagascar

+

[33]

Bu. reticulatus

Cameroon

+

[37]

Bu. rohlfsi

Nigeria

+

[38]

Bu. senegalensis

Cameroon, Senegal

+

[34]

Bu. tropicus

Cameroon

+

[34]

Bu. truncatus

Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Nile Delta, North Africa, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan

+

+

[25, 30, 34, 35]

Bu. ugandae

Lake Victoria

+

[32]

Bu. umbilicatus

Senegal

+

[34]

Bu. wright

Saudi Arabia

+

[25]

Gyraulus convexiusculus

China, India, Korea, Thailand

+

+

[11, 22, 40, 41]

Hippeutis cantori

China, Korea

+

+

[11, 41]

H. umbilicalis

Bangladesh, China, Thailand

+

+

[11, 42]

Indoplanorbis exustus

Camroon, Malaysia, Thailand

+

[21, 22, 107]

Lanistes carinatus

Thailand

+

[23]

La. purpureus

Kenya

+

[32]

Planorbarius metidjensis

Portugal

+

[35]

Segmentina hemisphaerula

Korea, Thailand

+

+

[41]

Seg. trochoideus

Bangladesh, Thailand

+

[42]

Pleuroseridae

Semisulcospira amurensis

+

Sem. cancellata

China

+

+

+

[108]

Sem. kurodai

+

Sem. libertina

China

+

[109]

Sem. mandarina

+

Sem. peregrinorum

+

Sem. toucheana

+

Pomatiopsidae

Neotricula aperta

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand

+

[59]

Oncomelania hupensis

China, Indonesia, Philippines

+

+

[60]

Robertsiella kaporensis

Malaysia

+

[110]

Subulinidae

Allopeas kyotoensis

Japan

+

[21]

Opeas javanicum

Pacific Islands

+

[21]

Subulina octona

Brazil, Pacific Islands

+

[21, 111]

Succineidae

Succinea lauta

Japan

+

[21]

Su. pfeifferi

Norway

+

[112]

Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata

America, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

+

+

+

[22, 32, 56, 57]

Tarebia granifera (M. granifera)

South-East Asia, North and South America and Africa

+

[58]

Viviparidae

Bellamya aeruginosa

China

+

[21]

Be. ingallsiana

Malaysia

+

[21]

Be. quadrata

China

+

[113]

Cipangopaludina chinensis

China, Japan, North Korea

+

[21]

Filopaludina martensi martensi

Thailand

+

[23]

F. sumatrensis polygramma

Thailand

+

[23]

Sinotaia quadrata

Japan

+

[114]

  1. Ac = Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Cs = Clonorchis sinensis; Fb = Fasciolopsis buski; Fh = Fasciola hepatica; Of = Opisthorchis felineus; Ov = Opisthorchis viverrini; Pw = Paragonimus westermani; Sh = Schistosoma haematobium; Si = Schistosoma intercalatum; Sj = Schistosoma japonicum; Smal = Schistosoma malayensis; Sman = Schistosoma mansoni; Smek = Schistosoma mekongi