Preference of Biomphalaria tenagophila among macrophytes and their periphytons determined through the degree of attractiveness

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Mairy Barbosa Loureiro dos Santos, José Rabelo de Freitas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1988
• Subjects: Biomphalaria tenagophila; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651988000400003; https://doaj.org/article/d92706b0b31d4b8bbbbc0fc7159466f3

In presence of extracts of six flowering plants the Biomphalaria tenagophila was more attracted to four them in the following sequence: Nasturtium pumilum > Polygonum acre > Commelina sp. = Echinochloa crusgalli. The periphyton of these flowering plants attracted in the same way the B. tenagophila but without no preference for either of them. Reporting the results that behavior may be evaluated as a co-evolution between snail and plants.