title: [Proposed Chinese name of Pomacea canaliculata].
abstract: The way to translate species name of Pomacea canaliculata into Chinese has been of confusion for a long time. We collected the relevant references on investigations of snail, species similar to Pomacea canaliculata and made comparison on the characteristics of those species which serve as intermediate snail host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. It is proposed the genus name of Pomacea is translated as [Chinese characters: see text], and species name Pomacea canaliculata be [Chinese characters: see text].
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasia, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, MOH, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lv
mesh_terms: D017185:Angiostrongylus cantonensis; D000818:Animals; D012908:Snails / Q000145:classification* / Q000469:parasitology; D009626:Terminology as Topic