''Brachylaima cribbi'' is a species of terrestrial

trematode Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...

parasites in the family

Brachylaimidae Brachylaimidae is a family of parasitic flukes in the sub-class Digenea. Adults are usually found within the digestive tracts and other organs of mammals or birds and have a complex three-stage life cycle.Olson, P. D.; Cribb, T. H.; Tkach, V. V. ...

Overview

Intermediate hosts for ''Brachylaima cribbi'' are terrestrial snails '' Cochlicella acuta'', ''

Cernuella virgata ''Cernuella virgata'', also known as ''Helicella virgata'', common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...

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Theba pisana ''Theba pisana'', common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmon ...

''.Butcher A. R. & Grove D. I.
Seasonal variation in rates of sporocyst and metacercarial infection by ''Brachylaima cribbi'' in helicid and hygromiid land snails on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
- Australian Journal of Zoology, 2006, 53(6): 375–382. Named after Thomas Cribb, helminthologist at UQ.

References

External links

''Brachylaima cribbi'' at Adelaide Thesis Library
Plagiorchiida Parasites of molluscs {{trematode-stub