Ariopelta capensis

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

Ariopelta capensis
Black-and-white photo of a live individual of Ariopelta capensis
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:
Ariopelta
Species:
A. capensis
Binomial name
Ariopelta capensis
Krauss, 1848
Synonyms

Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848

Ariopelta capensis is the type species of the genus Ariopelta.

Distribution

Distribution of Ariopelta capensis includes South Africa.

Ecology

Ariopelta capensis serves as the second intermediate host for a parasite, the brachylaimid trematode Renylaima capensis.[1] Unencysted metacercariae, usually brevicaudate, infect the kidney of Ariopelta capensis and differ from mature cercariae by only a slightly greater size.[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[1]

  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.


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