First Record of Planorbella Duryi (Wether by, 1879) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
(= Helisoma Duryi Wether by, 1879) in Jutiapa, Guatemala
Lorenzo Diéguez Fernández, Milton V Monzón Muñoz, David del Valle
Laveaga, Jaime A Juarez Sandoval, Rigoberto Fimia Duarte*, Irismarys
Sosa Cabrera and Adolfo E Pérez Arruti
Department of Higiene y Epidemiología, University of Medical Sciences of Villa
Clara, Cuba
*Corresponding Author: Rigoberto Fimia Duarte, Department of Higiene y Epidemiología,
University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara, Cuba.
Received:
March 24, 2022; Published: April 29, 2022
Abstract
The presence of the freshwater mollusk Planorbella duryi (Gastropoda Planorbidae) (=Helisoma duryi Wetherby, 1879) in Jutiapa
Department (Guatemala) is reported for the first time. The seven specimens with different stages of growth were captured in the
Güija Lagoon belonging to the "El Güayabo" Village, Asunción Mita municipality.
Keywords: Freshwater Mollusk; Jutiapa; Planorbella Duryi; Specimens
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