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Boettgerilla pallens is very narrow and slender slug, almost worm-like and sharply keeled. [10] The color is pale greyish or with bluish hue. [10] The head and keel is slightly darker. [10] The mantle is pointed at its posterior end and equipped with fine concentrical grooves. [10] Sole is pale yellow. [10] Mucus is colourless. [10]
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Metastrongyloidea are characterized as 2-cm-long, [9] slender, threadlike worms that reside in the lungs of the definitive host. [10] Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a closely related worm that causes intestinal angiostrongyliasis in Central and South America.
Angiostrongyliasis is an infection by a roundworm of the Angiostrongylus type. Symptoms may vary from none to mild, to meningitis. [1]Infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) can occur after ingestion of raw or undercooked snails or slugs, and less likely unwashed fruits and vegetables.
Alitta virens (common names include sandworm, sea worm, and king ragworm; older scientific names, including Nereis virens, are still frequently used) is an annelid worm that burrows in wet sand and mud. They construct burrows of different shapes (I,U,J and Y) [2] They range from being very complex to very simple. Long term burrows are held ...
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca.
Bipalium kewense, also known as the shovel-headed garden worm, is a species of large predatory land planarian with a cosmopolitan distribution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is sometimes referred to as a "hammerhead flatworm" due to its half-moon-shaped head, but this name is also used to refer to other species in the subfamily Bipaliinae .
Unlike some slugs, European Arionidae have no keel on the back. [1] The caudal mucous pit is above the tip of the tail. [1] The respiratory pore (pneumostome) is in front of the midpoint of the mantle. [1] The body length is up to 250 mm. [1] The mantle covers only a part of the body and lies in the anterior part. [1]