Studies on a small collection of planorbid snails from southern south America

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Frederico S. Barbosa, Dalva A. Mello
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1969
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Argentina; Uruguay; Chaco; Alegre
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821969000500006; https://doaj.org/article/e7574eeb01bd4911b620192a0d736ed2

Snails belonging to Biomphalaria genus were collected from some regions of Southern South America as follows: Resistencia, province of Chaco, Argentina; Assumpcion, Paraguay; Department of Maldonado of Caneloni, Uruguay; and Pôrto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The material was classified as Biomphalaria peregrina (Orbigny) twice from Uruguay and once in Brazil; B. tenagophila (Orbigny), from Argentina and Brazil; and B. straminea (Dunker) in Paraguay. Negative results were obtained from the exposition of the abone refered snail specimens to miracidia of S. mansoni from Pernambuco, Brazil.