A remarkably close association exists between this lampyrid and operculate species of snails.
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The eggs are elliptic and operculate at one of the extremities.
Arnaldo Maldonado Junior, Jairo Pinheiro, Raquel de O. Simões, Reinalda M. Lanfredi 2010, 'Canaania obesa (Platyhelminthes: Dicrocoeliidae): redescription and new hosts records',Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000500015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)