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Snails

Medical Definition:	Marine, freshwater, or terrestrial mollusks of the class Gastropoda. Most have an enclosing spiral shell, and several genera harbor parasites pathogenic to man.
Guide Notes:	as animal & food; IM; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted

Snails Categories.

	Biomphalaria - A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni.
	Bulinus - A genus of small freshwater snails of the order Pulmonata, found throughout Africa and the Middle East, where it is a vector of SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM.
	Helix (Snails) - A genus of chiefly Eurasian and African land snails including the principal edible snails as well as several pests of cultivated plants.
	Lymnaea - A genus of dextrally coiled freshwater snails that includes some species of importance as intermediate hosts of parasitic flukes.

Snails Medical Definitions and Terms

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