APPENDIX
A LIST OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT MARINE MOLLUSCS AND THEIR
K N O W N PARASITES
Host
Parasite
Stage parasitic in mollusc
Aequipecten ( = Pecten)
gibbus (Defrance).
.
g Aequipecten ( = Pecten)
irradians (Lamarck) .
Aequipecten ( = Pecten)
maximus (Link) .
Brachidontes recurvus
Rafinesque .
Buccinum undatum Pennant .
Porrocaecum pectinis (Nematoda)
.
Odostomia seminuda (Gastropoda) .
Odostomia bisutalaris (Gastropoda) (experimental)
Pinnotheres maculatus (Malacostraca)
.
Himasthla quissetensis (Trematoda) .
Odostomia seminuda (Gastropoda) .
Pseudomyicola glabra (Copepoda)
.
Pinnotheres ostreum (Malacostraca) .
Pinnothews maculatus (Malacostraca)
.
Porrocaecum pectinis (Nematoda)
.
Odostomia eulimoides (Gastropoda) .
Cercarica brachiodontis (Trematoda) .
Mytilicola porrecta (Copepoda) .
Ostrincola gracilis (Copepoda) .
Neophasis pusilla (Trematoda)
Cercaria neptuneae (Trematoda)
.
Cermria buccini (Trematoda) .
Larvae
Adults
Adults
Post-planktonic larvae and adults
Metacercariae
Adults
Adults (mature and immature)
Post-planktonic larvae and adults
Post-planktonic larvae
Larvae
Adults
Sporocysts
Adults
Adults
Rediae
Rediae
Sporocysts