Ariostralis nebulosa

Ariostralis nebulosa
	Black-and-white photo of a live individual of A. nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Arionoidea
Family:	Oopeltidae
Subfamily:	Ariopeltinae[1]
Genus:	Ariostralis
Species:	A. nebulosa
Binomial name
	Ariostralis nebulosa; Sirgel, 1985

Ariostralis nebulosa is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Oopeltidae.

Distribution

This is a species of non-marine mollusc found in South Africa only.[1]

Ecology

A. nebulosa is readily found throughout the whole year.[1]

A. nebulosa serves as the first intermediate host for a parasite, the brachylaimid trematode Renylaima capensis.[1] Branched, cercariogenous sporocysts of this parasite massively develop in A. nebulosa.[1] These sporocysts are attached to the hepatopancreas, body wall, pallial floor and even to the genital system.[1] This fluke is highly specific at the first intermediate host level.[1]

The forest shrew (Myosorex varius) is a predator of A. nebulosa.[1] There is a possible direct infection of the shrew by the cercariae of R. capensis.

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References

Sirgel, W. F.; Artigas, P.; Bargues, M. D.; Mas-Coma, S. (2012). "Life Cycle of Renylaima capensis, a Brachylaimid Trematode of Shrews and Slugs in South Africa: Two-host and Three-host Transmission Modalities Suggested by Epizootiology and DNA Sequencing". Parasites & Vectors 5: 169. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-169.

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[Sirgel_2012-1] Sirgel, W. F.; Artigas, P.; Bargues, M. D.; Mas-Coma, S. (2012). "Life Cycle of Renylaima capensis, a Brachylaimid Trematode of Shrews and Slugs in South Africa: Two-host and Three-host Transmission Modalities Suggested by Epizootiology and DNA Sequencing". Parasites & Vectors 5: 169. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-169.