Graffilla

Graffilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Platyhelminthes
Class:Turbellaria
Order:Rhabdocoela
Family:Graffillidae
Genus:Graffilla
Ihering, 1880

Graffilla is a genus of parasitic turbellarian flatworms.

A species in the Graffilla genus, Graffilla pugetensi, is a parasite of the pericardial cavity of the bivalvian mollusc Macoma nasuta.[1]

References

  1. Schell, Stewart C. (October 1986). "Graffilla pugetensis n. sp. (order Neorhabdocoela: Graffillidae), a parasite in the pericardial cavity of the bent-nose clam, Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837)". The Journal of Parasitology. 72 (5): 748–754. doi:10.2307/3281468. JSTOR 3281468.


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