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. 2019 Jan 9;8:2. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0512-6

Table 1.

Zoonotic parasites carried by invasive alien mollusks

Species Common name Parasites Reference
Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck Mediterranean mussel Cryptosporidium parvum [111]
Giardia duodenalis [112]
Toxoplasma gondii [113]
Dreissena polymorpha Zebra mussel Acanthamoeba spp. [114]
Cryptosporidium spp. [115]
G. duodenalis [116]
Pomacea canaliculata Golden apple snail A. cantonensis [19]
Echinostoma revolutum [24]
Gonathostoma spinigerum [27]
Achatina fulica Bowditch Giant African snail Angiostrongylus costaricensis [35]
A. cantonensis [33]
Biomphalaria straminea Dunker Schistosoma mansoni [36]
A. cantonensis [117]