In this paper, the fifth of a series dealing with the survey of freshwater gastropods of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the results of collections carried out in the Norte Fluminense Mesoregion from 2002 to 2003 are presented and revealed the occurrence of 19 species:
Antillorbis nordestensis
;
Burnupia
sp.;
Biomphalaria tenagophila
;
Drepanotrema anatinum
;
Drepanotrema cimex
;
Drepanotrema depressissimum
;
Drepanotrema lucidum
;
Ferrissia
sp.;
Gundlachia ticaga
;
Gundlachia
sp.;
Heleobia
sp.;
Hebetancylus moricandi
;
Idiopyrgus
sp.;
Lymnaea columella
;
Melanoides tuberculatus
;
Physa acuta
;
Physa marmorata
;
Pomacea sordida
, and
Pomacea
sp. Concerning the snail hosts of
Schistosoma mansoni
only
B. tenagophila was found, in contrast with other previuosly studied mesoregions. No specimens were found harbouring larval forms of
S. mansoni although different kinds of cercariae had been observed. An account about the current schistosomiasis transmission sites in this Mesoregion is presented as well.
