Parasites
This species of snail functions as a host for several parasite species:
- First intermediate host for Prosthogonimus ovatus
- First intermediate host for Apatemon gracilis
- First and as second intermediate host for Hypoderaeum conoideum
- Intermediate host for Syngamus trachea
- Intermediate host for Typhlocoelum sisowi
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“Shy and proud men ... are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.”
—Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886)