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This photograph, captured in August 1973, depicts a Biomphalaria glabrata freshwater snail, formerly classified as Australorbis glabratus. This species is an important intermediate host for the parasitic trematode Schistosoma mansoni, one of the schistosome species that can infect humans and cause schistosomiasis.
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Creation Date: 1973
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