Land snails can trap trematode cercariae in their shell: Encapsulation as a general response against parasites?
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DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2023001
Abstract: Terrestrial gastropods are hosts of a wide variety of metazoan parasites and can respond to parasite exposure in various ways. One of these defence mechanisms, the ability to trap parasites in the host shell, was… read more here.
Keywords: trematode cercariae; snails trap; shell encapsulation; land snails ... See more keywords