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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
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| genus = Galba (gastropod)
| species = truncatula
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== Distribution ==
[[File:Galba truncatula shell.png|left|thumb|upright=0.7|Apertural view of a shell of ''Galba truncatula''.]]''Galba truncatula'' is believed to be native to [[Europe]], but it has been introduced in other parts of world.<ref name="pmid16150452">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mas-Coma S, Bargues MD, Valero MA |title=Fascioliasis and other plant-borne trematode zoonoses |journal=Int. J. Parasitol. |volume=35 |issue=11–12 |pages=1255–78 |date=October 2005 |pmid=16150452 |doi=10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.010 }}</ref> Currently, ''Galba truncatula'' is commonly distributed in all European countries, including most Mediterranean islands such as [[Corsica]], [[Malta]], the [[Azores]], [[Madeira]], the [[Faroe Islands]], the [[Balearic Islands]], and the [[Canary Islands]].<ref name=
In South America, the presence of ''Galba truncatula'' has already been molecularly verified in [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]] and [[Venezuela]].<ref name="Bargues 2012"/> In Africa, ''Galba truncatula'' is present mainly in Northern parts (i.e. [[Morocco]],<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Khallaayoune K, Stromberg BE, Dakkak A, Malone JB |title=Seasonal dynamics of Fasciola hepatica burdens in grazing Timahdit sheep in Morocco |journal=Int. J. Parasitol. |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=307–14 |date=June 1991 |pmid=1894428 |doi= 10.1016/0020-7519(91)90032-3}}</ref> [[Algeria]],<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Mekroud A, Benakhla A, Vignoles P, Rondelaud D, Dreyfuss G |title=Preliminary studies on the prevalences of natural fasciolosis in cattle, sheep, and the host snail (Galba truncatula) in north-eastern Algeria |journal=Parasitol. Res. |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=502–5 |date=April 2004 |pmid=14999466 |doi=10.1007/s00436-004-1072-1 |s2cid=7264647 }}</ref> [[Tunis]],<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Hammami H, Ayadi A |title=[Natural infestation of Lymnaea truncatula Muller by Fasciola hepatica in the Tozeur oasis in southwest Tunisia] |journal=Med Trop (Mars) |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=159–62 |year=2000 |pmid=11100443 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Egypt]]<ref name="pmid12541059">{{cite journal |vauthors=Dar Y, Rondelaud D, Dreyfuss G |title=Cercarial shedding from Galba truncatula infected with Fasciola gigantica of distinct geographic origins |journal=Parasitol. Res. |volume=89 |issue=3 |pages=185–7 |date=February 2003 |pmid=12541059 |doi=10.1007/s00436-002-0732-2 |s2cid=1091140 }}</ref>) but also in [[South Africa]],<ref name="pmid15038424">{{cite journal |vauthors=de Kock KN, Wolmarans CT, Bornman M |title=Distribution and habitats of the snail Lymnaea truncatula, intermediate host of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica, in South Africa |journal=J S Afr Vet Assoc |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=117–22 |date=December 2003 |pmid=15038424 |doi= 10.4102/jsava.v74i4.523|doi-access=free }}</ref> Ethiopia,<ref name="pmid719517">{{cite journal |vauthors=Goll PH, Scott JM |title=The interrelationship of Lymnaea truncatula and ovine fascioliasis in the Ethiopian Central Highlands |journal=Br. Vet. J. |volume=134 |issue=6 |pages=551–5 |year=1978 |pmid=719517 |doi= 10.1016/S0007-1935(17)33336-5}}</ref> [[Kenya]], and [[Tanzania]].<ref name="pmid18205983">{{cite journal |vauthors=Walker SM, Makundi AE, Namuba FV, etal |title=The distribution of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica within southern Tanzania--constraints associated with the intermediate host |journal=Parasitology |volume=135 |issue=4 |pages=495–503 |date=April 2008 |pmid=18205983 |doi=10.1017/S0031182007004076 |s2cid=26106652 }}</ref>
In Asia, the snail occurs in [[Russia]]<ref name="pmid16150452"/> but other Asian countries were reported very rarely. ''Galba truncatula'' was found in [[List of non-marine molluscs of Iran|Iran]],<ref name="Glöer 2012">{{cite journal | vauthors = Glöer P, Pešić V | year = 2012 | title = The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species | journal = [[ZooKeys]] | issue = 219 | pages = 11–61 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 | pmid = 22977349 | pmc = 3433696 | doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Pakistan]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Kendall SB |title=Advances in Parasitology
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