| Heronimidae | |
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| Heronimus mollis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Heronimidae |
Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species. The sole species of this family, Heronimus mollis (Leidy, 1856) is a parasite of the lungs of a number of species of turtles across North and Central America.
References
- ^ Pearson, J. C. (1992). On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea. Systematic Parasitology, 21(2), 81-166.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heronimidae Ward, 1918". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
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| Heronimidae | |
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