Ariopelta capensis

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:
Genus:
Species:	A. capensis
Binomial name
	Ariopelta capensis; Krauss, 1848
Synonyms
	Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848

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

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 .^[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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.

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