﻿SNAIL HOST OF ORIENTAL LUNG FLUKE — ABBOTT 115 



HEMISINUS CUBANIANUS (Orbl«ny) 



Figure 45, 6 



Shell 20 to 25 nun. (about 1 inch) in length, smooth, greenish brown, 

 with many spiral rows of elongated, black-brown color spots. Animal 

 with a few, large young in brood pouch under skin or back. Mantle 

 edge with tiny, fleshy papillae. Operculum with nucleus at one end. 



PACHYCHILUS GLAPHYRUS (Morelet) 

 Figure 45, d 



Shell 35 to 45 mm. (about ll^ to 1% inches) in length, smooth, 

 black-browui, and without spiral rows of color dots. Animal without 

 brood pouch. Mantle edge smooth. Operculum with nucleus near 

 center. 



LITERATURE CITED 



Abbott, R. T. 



1946. The egg and breeding habits of Oncomelania qiiadrasi Mlldff., the 



schistosomiasis snail of the Philippines. Occ, Papers on Mollusks, 

 Harvard Univ., vol. 1, No, 6, pp. 41-^8, pi. 9. 



1948. Handbook of medically important mollusks of the Orient and Western 



Pacific. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 100, pp. 245-328, 5 pis., 14 figs. 

 1948a. A potential snail host of Oriental schistosomiasis in North America 

 (Pomatiopsis lapidaria). Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 98, pp. 57-68, 

 pis. 3-1. 

 Abbott, R. T., and Huntek, G. W., III. 



1949. Studies on potential snail hosts of Schistosoma japonicum. I. Notes 



on the amnicolid snails Blanfordia, Trictda and a new genus, Fukuia 



from Japan. Proc. Helminth. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 



73-86, 3 pis. 

 BouviEE, M. E. I. 



1887. Syst^me nerveux morphologic generale et classification des gastero- 



pods prosobranches. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., vol. 3, No. 7, pp. 1-510, 



pl. 1-19. 

 Faust, E. C. and M. Nishigoei. 



1926. The life cycles of two new species of Heterophyidae, parasitic in 



mammals and birds. .Tourn. Parasit., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 91-128. 

 McMuiXEN, D. B. 



1947. The control of Schistosomiasis Japonica. I. Observations on the 



habits, ecology and life cycle of Oncomelania quadrasi, the mollus- 

 can intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippine 

 Islands. Amer. Journ. Hygiene, vol. 45, pp. 259-273. 



