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. 2014 May 2;9(5):e94969. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094969

Table 1. Infection rates and average parasite loads (of positive specimens) in the gastropod species screened in this study.

Family Species Habit No. tested No. (%) positive No. sites positive (total) Average CT 1∶5 dilution value (range) Average no. of parasites per 5 mg of snail tissue Average no. of parasites in entire specimen (range)
Achatinellidae Auriculella spp. A 31 0 0 (8) - - -
Elasmias spp. B 18 0 0 (9) - - -
Lamellidea spp. B 25 0 0 (13) - - -
Tornatellides spp. B 90 1 (1) 1 (30) − (24.66) - − (2,379)
Achatinidae Achatina fulica* G 62 7 (11) 4 (21) 25.66 (20.16–31.26) 237 213,515 (14,379–870,868)
Agriolimacidae Deroceras laeve* G 79 0 0 (27) - - -
Deroceras reticulatum* G 61 2 (3) 1 (23) 25.24 (23.54–26.94) 1,564 9,789 (3,500–16,078)
Ampullariidae Pomacea canaliculata* F 56 1 (2) 1 (15) − (23.78) - − (68,133)
Arionidae Arion intermedius G 20 0 0 (8) - - -
Arion subfuscus G 8 0 0 (4) - - -
Ariophantidae Parmarion martensi* G 19 13 (68) 5 (8) 24.23 (17.28–29.43) 912 55,852 (850–341,828)
Assimineidae Cyclotropis sp. G 13 1 (8) 1 (3) − (28.60) - − (154)
Bradybaenidae Bradybaena similaris* G 65 0 0 (16) - - -
Euconulidae Liardetia doliolum G 8 0 0 (5) - - -
Gastrodontidae Zonitoides arboreus G 18 0 0 (5) - - -
Helicarionidae Kaala subrutila G 2 0 0 (1) - - -
Ovachlamys fulgens* G 10 1 (10) 1 (4) − (22.42) - − (11,118)
Philonesia sp. A 31 1 (3) 1 (11) − (24.57) - − (4,823)
Helicidae Cornu aspersum G 25 0 0 (8) - - -
Limacidae Lehmannia valentiana* G 11 1 (9) 1 (6) − (22.19) - − (24,819)
Limax flavus* G 8 0 0 (4) - - -
Limax maximus* G 11 3 (27) 2 (4) 22.22 (20.36–24.35) 1,960 398,160 (170,067–566,582)
Lymnaeidae Fossaria viridis F 18 0 0 (4) - - -
Milacidae Milax gagates G 22 0 0 (7) - - -
Orthalicidae Bulimulus guadalupensis G 10 0 0 (2) - - -
Oxychilidae Oxychilus alliarius G 69 10 (14) 6 (17) 25.69 (20.22–34.41) 1,922 13,382 (63–55,807)
Planorbidae Planorbella duryi F 20 0 0 (6) - - -
Physidae Physa spp. F 27 0 0 (6) - - -
Spiraxidae Euglandina rosea* G 39 8 (21) 5 (16) 27.66 (24.37–33.13) 166 43,687 (1,244–113,645)
Streptaxidae Gonaxis kibweziensis G 11 0 0 (5) - - -
Subulinidae Paropeas achatinaceum* G 73 3 (4) 2 (18) 27.16 (25.77–29.36) 1,518 11,421 (1,724–21,087)
Subulina octona* G 54 2 (4) 1 (13) 24.60 (23.21–25.99) 3,548 39,114 (15,835–62,392)
Succineidae Succinea caduca G 12 0 0 (4) - - -
Succinea tenella G 25 0 0 (6) - - -
Thiaridae Melanoides tuberculata* F 17 0 0 (5) - - -
Veronicellidae Laevicaulis alte* G 44 13 (30) 11 (21) 24.99 (17.32–31.42) 1,592 342,971 (4,127–2,801,566)
Veronicella cubensis* G 159 4 (3) 3 (45) 23.40 (21.35–24.93) 531 116,891 (28,931–253,909)
Total 1271 71 (6) 40 (182)
1

Previously recorded as a host in the Hawaiian Islands and/or elsewhere.

2

Native Hawaiian gastropod species. Habits are ground-dwelling (G), arboreal (A), both ground-dwelling and arboreal (B) and freshwater (F).