Alboglossiphonia hyalina ( Mueller , 1774)

Kaygorodova, Irina A., 2015, Annotated checklist of the leech species diversity in the Maloe More Strait of Lake Baikal, Russia, ZooKeys 545, pp. 37-52 : 40

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 .