Abstract: This paper reviewed the related investigations on the intermediate host snails of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, and recorded a total of 199 species in 49 families, including 11 families and 87 species of freshwater snails, and a total of 112 species of 38 families of terrestrial snails. In China, 33 species of 10 families have been reported, including 2 families and 11 species of freshwater snails, and 22 species under 8 families of terrestrial snails. Although the reported cases of angiostrongyliasis have been gradually decreasing in recent years in China, with the continuous spread of Pomacea spp., more natural foci of A. cantonensis have been found, and the risk of transmission of the disease continues to exist. The findings suggest that strengthening the investigation of related intermediate host snails is significant to understanding of epidemiology of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Key words: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Intermediate host, Snails, Species, Infect, Progress