Taxon classification Animalia Rhynchobdellea Glossiphoniidae

Alboglossiphonia hyalina (Mueller, 1774)

Hirudo hyalina: Müller 1774; Clepsine hyalina: Moquin-Tandon 1826; Glossiphonia hyalina: Blainville 1827; Glossiphonia heteroclita f. hyalina: Pawlowski 1936.

Geographic distribution.

Palaearctic region.

Maloe More: Kharin Irghi Bay, Kurma Bay, Shide Bay, Lake Khuzhir, Lake Khankhoy, Lake Surkhaytor-Nur, Lake Zunduk, Lake Zama, Codoviy Bay.

Ecological characteristics.

This species is a benthic ectoparasite of snails. It was found in the mantle cavity of representatives of Lymnaeidae, for instance Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Stagnicola corvus (Gmelin, 1791). In Baikal, Alboglossiphonia hyalina feeds on Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae, and Valvatidae .