The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE

Alboglissophonia heteroclita (Linnaeus)

 

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Synonyms:  Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus)
                                           (Harrel 1973)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1973 Harrel

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-only species of genus found in North America (Klemm et al. 2008)

-inhabit the mantle cavity of snails except during breeding season when they are freeliving (Sawyer 1972)

-rare (Klemm 1995)

-predatory on snails in organically polluted habitats, annual life cycle (Klemm 1995)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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