R. Brinesh

Study of a New Species of Echinostome Cercaria, from the Freshwater Snail, Bellamya dissimilis (O.F. Müeller) in Palakkad, Kerala, India

R. Brinesh · Asian Journal of Research in Zoology · 2026

Freshwater snails serve as first intermediate hosts for numerous larval digeneans, and documentation of their cercarial fauna supports the assessment of parasite diversity and host–parasite relationships. This study examined the echinostome cercariae shed by Bellamya dissimilis c...