“…In Central and South America, P. columella enlarged its distribution area and was reported from Cuba (Gutiérrez, Pointier, Yong, Sanchez, & Theron, 2003), Guadalupe island (Durand et al, 2002), Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panamá, Ecuador, Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina (Paraense, 1982), Colombia (Salazar, Estrada, & Velásquez, 2006), Venezuela (Malek, & Chrosciechowski, 1964), Uruguay (Heinzen, Castro, Pepe, & Ibarburu, 1994) and Perú (Larrea, Flórez, Vivar, Huamán, & Velásquez, 2007). The role of P. columella as intermediate host of F. hepatica was confirmed in Cuba (Gutiérrez et al, 2011), Colombia (Salazar et al, 2006), Brazil (Coelho, Lima, & Guimaraes, 2009), Argentina (Prepelitchi et al, 2003), New Zealand (Harris, & Charleston, 1976), Australia (Boray et al, 1984) and France (Pointier, Coustau, Rondelaud, & Theron, 2007) among others.…”